SSC candidate killed in Bhola road accident

An SSC examinee was killed after being hit by a tractor at Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district on Monday evening.

The accident took place at Kishoreganj village under Farajgonj union of the upazila at around 7 pm.
Deceased Ahsanul Haque Provat, 16, son of Monirul Haque Mithu, a resident of the village. He was an SSC candidate of Lalmohan Model Government High School.

According to locals, a speeding goods-laden tractor hit Provat's motorcycle in the evening when he was returning home riding on his motorcycle. He was critically injured.

Locals rescued him and took to Lalmohan Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Lalmohan Police Station officer-in-charge Md Enayet Hossain said being informed, police went there and handed over the body to the deceased's family members without an autopsy upon their request.

An unnatural death case was filed with the police station in this regard, the OC added.

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