Bus kills student in Mirpur, road blocked

Dhaka, Jul 8 (bdnews24.com) ? Students of Dhaka Commerce College are demonstrating at the city's Mirpur-10 area blocking the road after a fellow student was killed being hit by a bus at the intersection.

The students also torched the Bikalpa Paribahan bus reportedly responsible for the accident.

Pallabi Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abu Rasel told bdnews24.com that the bus ran over Dhaka Commerce College's 2nd year student Shawon Hossain Monu around 1:45pm on Sunday while he was crossing the road.

He was immediately taken to Mirpur's Al Helal Hospital with serious injuries and then to Ajmol Hospital, Rasel said.

Ajmol Hospital's Chief Medical Officer Doctor Imarat Hossaint told bdnews24.com that Shawon died on his way to the hospital.

ASI Rasel said agitated students of the college torched the bus right after the incident and blocked the road from Mirpur-10 intersection to Pallabi.

Shawon's cousing 'Prince' told bdnews24.com that Shawon lived at the adjacent area. The accident took place while he was on his way to home.

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Panel reports to HC on student 'torture'

Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ? The judicial committee to investigate the alleged police torture on Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar has found that he had been tortured in detention on false charges.

Deputy attorney general A B M Altaf Hossain presented the report to the bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Jahangir Hossain on Monday.

Law ministry joint secretary Ashish Ranjan Das, the lone member of the panel, said in the report that police had detained Kadar on suspicion, shown him arrested over false charges and tortured in custody.

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