A 45-year-old cop crossing the road was knocked down by a speeding vehicle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the early hours of Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 45, a sub-inspector of Daudkandi Highway Police and son of Kazim Uddin of Sherpur district.
Jahangir, a father of two children, died on the spot when the vehicle hit him as he was crossing the road near Daudkandi fire station in Cumilla after alighting from a police van, officials said.
"As soon as we were alerted that an on-duty cop was lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the road, a police team rushed to the spot and took him to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital," said Abdus Sobhan of of Daudkandi Highway Police.
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Hospital doctors declared Jahangir dead on arrival, he said. "The body has been sent for an autopsy," he added.