A local Jamaat-e-Islami leader was killed on Sunday afternoon after a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw he was travelling in on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, in Bhaluka upazila.
The deceased Mofakhairul Alam, 45, was the president of the Meduari Union Ulama unit under Bhaluka upazila.
According to witnesses, the accident took place when Mofakhairul鈥檚 auto-rickshaw was attempting a U-turn and was struck by a bus. He sustained critical injuries in the collision.
Local people rushed him to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex, but as his condition worsened, he was being transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where he died en route.
Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Model Police Station, said police visited the scene following the incident.
鈥楤oth the bus and the auto-rickshaw have been seized, and legal proceedings are underway,鈥� he added.
