Three people, including two minor siblings, were killed and five others were injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw overturned after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Mosharraf, 3, and Shahinur Akhter Rumpa, 7, — children of Abdul Kuddus of Rasulpur village in the upazila and Madhu Das, 35, son of Ajit Das of Bijoynagar upazila of the district.
Mainul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sayestaganj Highway Police Station, said Bilkis, wife of Abdul Kuddus, along with Mosharraf and Rumpa and her brother-in-law Abdul Jabbar, 28 was heading towards Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex by the auto-rickshaw as Mosharraf was sick.
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Three more people, including Madhu Das, Abdullah and Mahmuda, wife of Salek Mia, were also there in the auto-rickshaw with them.
When the auto-rickshaw reached Andiura Ummatnesa High School, the Sylhet-bound bus of ‘Sagarika Paribahan’ hit it, leaving Mosharraf and Madhu dead on the spot and six others injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared Rumpa dead.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital morgue.
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Police arrested the bus driver and his helper from the spot.