A 20-year-old youth was killed in a road accident in the city’s Airport Road area early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Rahimul Karim, son of Lutful Kabir of Chayati village in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj.
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Police said an unidentified vehicle hit the youth on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near Airport Police Box in the early hours of Tuesday.
Later, he was rescued and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where a doctor declared him dead.
Airport Police sub-inspector Jewel Mia said the identity of the deceased was known from his national identity card.
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Rahimul came to Dhaka in search of a job, said one of his relatives.
The body has been kept at DMC morgue for autopsy.
Efforts are underway to identify the killer vehicle, the SI added.