Bagerhat, Dec 22 (UNB) – A school teacher died after being run over by a passenger bus in Kachua Upazila on Saturay.
Angry locals of Chandrapara village blocked the Bagerhat-Pirojpur road and vandalised the bus, disrupting the traffic in the morning.
The deceased, 58-year-old Sheikh Modasser Hossain, was the headmaster of Daibaggohati Boys’ High School in Moralganj Upazila. He was also the vice-president of Awami League’s Radhipara Union unit.
Modasser was waiting for a bus when he was hit by the speeding vehicle around 10am, witnesses said.
He was taken to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital where duty doctor pronounced him dead, Rabiul Kabir, the officer-in-charge of Kachua Police Station.