An elderly man was killed after being hit by a motorcycle on the Shailkupa-Hatfazilpur road in the MP Mor area under Shailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Jabed Ali Sheikh, 80, son of Zaker Ali Sheikh, a resident of Bhandaripara village in Nityanandapur union in the upazila.
It was learnt that a motorcycle hit Jabed while he was crossing the road around 9:30m, leaving him critically injured.
He was taken to Shailkupa Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Masum Khan, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police Station.
A case was filed in this connection, the OC added.
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