Microbus takes two lives in Banani
A pedestrian and a bicycle rider were run over by a microbus in Banani area of Dhaka this afternoon.
The microbus owner Mahim Reza, son of former Awami League lawmaker Masud Reza of Barisal, was driving the vehicle, said Wahiduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, told The Daily Star.
The microbus rammed the bicycle at Kamal Ataturk Avenue around 12:10pm, leaving its rider Romen Danga, 43, a peon of a private company, dead on the spot, the OC said.
The pedestrian Kohinur Alam, 35, a security guard of another private company, died on the spot as the microbus crashed into the roadside island while fleeing the spot, he added.
Later, locals caught the driver and handed over him to police after giving a good beating.
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