Cop killed as microbus overturns in Ctg
A microbus carrying at least nine policemen overturned in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong tonight killing a cop and leaving another nine inured.
The deceased was identified as Constable Mostofa Kamal, 35, of district detective branch, reports our Chittagong correspondent quoting Iftekhar Hassan, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Police Station.
The accident took place around 8:45pm when the microbus overturned near Chandranath Dham, the OC said adding that the injured were rushed to Sitakunda Health Complex.
Later, they were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctor declared Mostofa Kamal dead, said Nayek Zahidur Rahman of the hospital police outpost.
One of the injured, Constable Shamsu Islam of district police, will be taken to Dhaka for better treatment, said Zahidur Rahman.
The police team was deployed on the occasion of three-day Shibchaturdashi fair, the OC said.
Like every year, lakhs of Hindu pilgrims from different districts of the country as well as from abroad mustered at Chandranath Dham in Sitakunda.
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