Man killed in road accident

A man was killed in a road incident in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area today.

Deceased Md Khokon, 40, was a worker of Sinha Textile Mills, of the area, police said.

The accident took place around 5:00pm at Mir Hajirbagh when a human hauler rammed a rickshaw carrying the victim, leaving him critically injured, said Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station.

He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead, the OC said.

The body was kept at the Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy, he said.

Police detained driver of the human hauler, Abul Kalam, 30.

Khokon, who hailed from Naogaon, used to live near Kanchpur Bazar area with his family.