At least four people including a Freedom Fighter were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh, Barishal and Nilphamari on Sunday.
Our Mymensingh Correspondent reports a Freedom Fighter was killed in a road accident on Sunday on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila.
Md Shafiqul Islam, 75, was a Freedom Fighter and a resident of Boilor Boro Pukurpar area in Trishal, said Md Kamal Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Trishal Police Station. He was a retired manager of Krishi Bank, he said.
Quoting witnesses, the OC said Shafiqul Islam was struck by a speeding motorcycle heading towards Mymensingh around 11:00am, leaving him critically injured.
He was declared dead when he was brought to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. A case has been lodged with the Trishal Police Station, the OC added.
