Driver who ran over BUBT student arrested

The bus driver who ran over a student at Mirpur last Monday has been arrested.

Driver Hanif was arrested from Laxmipur district this morning, Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shah Ali Police Station told The Daily Star this afternoon.

Hanif, driver of Dishari Paribahan bus plying in Dhaka city, ran over BBA final year student of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) Masud Rana last Monday.

He has been on the run since.

Agitated students had taken to the street demanding arrest and punishment of the driver. Yesterday, they withdrew from a 72-hour ultimatum.