A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Md Mahbubur Rahman, driver of a Bikash Paribahan bus, on a one-day remand for sexually harassing a college student on a running bus. Judge Syed Mostafa Reza Nur of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after Investigation Officer (IO) of the case and Officer In-charge (OC) of Azimpur police outpost Asibuzzaman Asib produced the accused before the court sought a five-day remand. Mahbubur was arrested from Ashulia on Wednesday. Also read: National University expels two students over CU female student's assault According to the case statement, the victim boarded a bus of Bikash paribahan to reach Azimpur from Dhanmondi around 8:40pm on July 24. At one point, she fell asleep in the bus. Around 9:10pm, the victim felt that someone was touching her body. She woke up and found the bus was deserted and the helper of the bus was sitting next to her. The helper grasped the victim’s mouth when she tried to cry for help. She stood up and asked the driver to stop the bus. But the driver increased the speed instead of stopping the bus. Finally, the victim jumped off the running bus to escape. Also read: Overzealous woman in viral incident at Narsingdi station held for assault Later, she wrote a post on facebook from where Lalbagh police came to know the matter. Members from Lalbagh police station identified the victim based from the facebook post and collected information from her. Using modern technology, police seized the bus and came to know about the driver. The victim later lodged a complaint with Lalbagh police station in this regard, based on which the arrest was made. END/UNB/COrr/AB/FH/2011 Hrs

The BRTC bus that killed six people in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal district on Wednesday was racing with another bus, said Rab. The information was disclosed through a press release of Rab signed by Deputy Director of Rab-8 Major Mohammad Jahangir Alam after the detention of the driver of the BRTC bus. The press release said on July 20 a battery-run three-wheeler with six passengers was heading towards Bharpara Ruitarpar from Bakerganj upazila. Read: Roads turning more perilous: 10 people killed in Barishal in 24 hours When it reached near Bakerganj Fire Service and Civil Defense office, the  Patuakhali-bound BRTC bus hit it, leaving six people dead. The BRTC bus was being driven recklessly as the driver of the bus was racing with another bus on the road, it said. After the accident, driver Md Jahangir Shikder managed to flee. Earlier, a team Rab-8 on detained driver Jahangir , son of Hamed Shikdar of Gouranadi upazila, from Khilgaon area in Dhaka on Monday night. The bus driver was handed over to local police, it said.