Three young men and a teen girl lost their lives in separate incidents at Faridganj upazila in Chandpur district from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.
Among the deceased, Abdullah, 19, of South Durga Pur village in the upazila; Shahadat Hossain Majumder, 19, and Abdullah Mohon Iqbal, 19, lost their lives in separate road accident while a nine grade student Joha Akter, 16, reportedly committed suicide.
In Raipur, Abdullah, a second-year Alim student at a local madrasah, was riding a motorcycle to Lakshmipur when he collided with an autorickshaw near Basabari on Friday evening. He was severely injured and was taken to Lakshmipur General Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
In Balithuba, two friends, Iqbal and Shahadat, faced a tragic motorcycle accident when their motorbike collided with an autorickshaw on the Badrpur Saiyal Badi road on Saturday afternoon. Iqbal died on the spot while Shahadat was seriously injured. Locals rushed them to Chandpur Government Hospital but Iqbal was declared dead. Later, Shahadat was referred to Dhaka for further treatment but succumbed to his injuries en route.
On Friday evening, the 16-year-old Joha, daughter of Zahirul Islam, an expatriate from Oman, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the eastern Laruya village of Char Dukhia West union. Police arrived at the scene and sent the body for autopsy. Joha lived with her grandparents in the village and a ninth-grade student at Ramapur Uchcha School in Gobindapur South union.
Confirming the deaths, Faridganj Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Shah Alam said that investigations into these incidents are ongoing.
