Traffic on Kishoreganj-Bhairab highway remained suspended for two hours on Tuesday as locals blocked the highway, protesting the death of 2 schoolboys in Madhyapara area in Katiadi upazila of the district.
The deceased were identified as Ali Akbar, 13, an eighth-grader of Madhyapara High School and son of Faruk from Madhyapara village, and his cousin Junaid, 12, a sixth-grader of the same school and son of Ferdous from the same area.
Witnesses said when the boys were going to their school’s sports event on a motorbike a bus hit the motorbike, leaving Ali Akbar dead on the spot.
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Junaid was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries where he succumbed to his injuries.
Enraged by the deaths, locals including students blocked the highway by setting fire to tires and vandalised several vehicles, disrupting traffic for nearly two hours.
Katiadi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tariqul Islam said he and Katiadi Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Maidul Islam visited the scene.