A bus was set on fire on Monday in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj following the death of a man.
In the afternoon, a man was killed and two others were seriously injured after the bus collided with a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka鈥揘arayanganj Link Road in Fatullah.
The deceased is Mozammel Haque, 55, a resident of Sastapur in Fatullah.
The injured are Md Rana, 45, the driver of the easy-bike and a resident of Kayempur in Fatullah, and Anisur Rahman, 35, another driver of a two-seater battery-run rickshaw from Dhakeshwari area.
Both were undergoing treatment at Narayanganj 300-Bed Hospital, and their conditions were reported to be serious, said Shariful Islam, officer-in-charge of Fatullah model police station.
Following the accident, agitated locals and auto-rickshaw drivers vandalised the bus involved 鈥� operated by Moumita Transport Ltd 鈥� stopped another bus from the same company, and later set it on fire.
The bus driver and his helper were also reportedly beaten by the angry crowd.
The protesters blocked the Dhaka鈥揘arayanganj Link Road, disrupting traffic for nearly an hour, OC Shariful Islam added.