A betel leaf trader was crushed under the wheels of a bus in front of Kumira Secondary School in Tala upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified Abdus Sattar, 35, son of Shamsul Sheikh hailing from Raripara of Tala upazila.
Kazi Wahid Morshed, officer-in-charge of Patkelghata police station, said the bus of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ from Dhaka hit Sattar while he was going to Patkelghata market riding his bicycle, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police recovered the body, the OC added.