A 38-year-old cop died while another person riding pillion on his bike was injured after being hit by a speeding bus in Rupsha upazila of Khulna district on Monday night, police said.
The deceased was identified as Nasim Uddin, an assistant sub-inspector at Khulna city special branch and son of Abdul Wadud Mollah of Birat Kalbunia village in Khulna.
The accident occurred around 7.45 pm on the Khulna-Mongla highway in the Ilaipur Mor area of the upazila.
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"The Rupsha-bound bus hit their bike, leaving them critically injured," said the officer-in-charge of Rupsha police station, Sarder Mosharrof Hossain.
Locals rushed them to Khulna Medical College and Hospital and later Nasim was transferred to Khulna City Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The injured, Shafiqul Islam, is now undergoing treatment at the hospital.
On information, police rushed to the spot and took the motorcycle into custody.
Though the bus has been seized, its driver and his assistant managed to flee, the OC said.