Six of a family among 7 killed in Manikganj road crash

Published : Friday, 4 December, 2020 at 3:44 PM Count : 621

At least seven people including six of a family were killed when a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Daulatpur of Manikganj district on Friday afternoon.

The accident took pl ace in Mulakandi area around 3pm, said the Daulatpur police OC Rezaul Karim.

Tragedy struck down the family when they were heading to Manikganj from Tangail.

The deceased are identified as Harekrishna Badyakar, 60, Khushi Badyakar, 50, Gobinda Badyakar, 30, Bobita Badyakar, 26, Radhe Badyakar, 5, Ramprasad Badyakar, 30, and the auto-rickshaw driver Jamal Sheikh, 32, all hailing from Tangail's Nagarpur upazila.

The bodies have been sent to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex while police are also preparing to start a case over the incident, the OC said.