Two separate road
accidents at Mollahat upazila of
Bagerhat district claimed lives of a motorcyclist and a passenger of an auto-rickshaw on Saturday morning.
The deceased were identified as Asad Sheikh, 40, son of Sadek Sheikh from Jugihati village in Khulna district, and Md Anwar, 35, son of late Salam Khan from Gangni area in Mollahat upazila.
According to police, an unidentified vehicle heading towards Dhaka from Khulna hit motorcyclist Asad at Kahalpur around 7:30 am, leaving him dead on the spot.
In a separate incident, a rickshaw-van passenger, Anwar, was killed after being hit by a bus in front of Sagar Filling Station around 9:45 am.
Sheikh Nuruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Mollahat Highway Police Station, confirmed the deaths and added that the bodies have been recovered and sent to Mollahat Upazila Health Complex.
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