Mirpur hit-and-run: 72-hour ultimatum for driver’s arrest

Protesting the death of one of their fellow students in a hit-and-run in Mirpur area, students of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) today gave a 72-hour ultimatum for the arrest of the driver of the bus.

The ultimatum came around 4:00pm after police assured the students that the absconding driver would be arrested.

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Several hundred students of BUBT around 10:00am blockaded Bangladesh National Zoo Road in Mirpur for the second day today worsening the traffic situation on the road, our staff correspondent reports from the spot.

The agitating students took to the streets for six hours as police failed to arrest the driver even after 24 hours of the incident.

They lifted their blockade around 4:00pm following the assurance from police, Jakir Hossain, a BBA student of the university, told The Daily Star.

Contacted, Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shah Ali Police Station, told The Daily Star that they were trying to arrest the driver.

Masud Rana, a final year BBA student of BUBT, was killed as a bus of ‘Dishari Paribahan’ ran over him on Bangladesh National Zoo Road in Mirpur yesterday, the second such death in the last two days in the area.

On Sunday, Shahriar Sourov Sejan, 28, was killed in a road accident on Kalshi flyover.

Commuters suffer as students block road demanding justice

Commuters today faced immense sufferings as the Mirpur road remained blocked for the second consecutive day by students demanding justice for a BBA student of BUBT, who died after being run over by a bus yesterday.

Fozila Begum, 62, a resident of Mirpur-10, was seen at 4:00pm today by our correspondent at Mirpur -1, carrying heavy luggage on her own. She was stopping every five minutes to carry the load.

An elderly women is seen carrying heavy load as she could not find any transport due to road blockage when she was going to Mirpur-10 from Gabtoli on July 03, 2018. Photo: Shaheen Mollah

She could not find any vehicle after returning from Manikganj by bus at Gabtoli at 2:00pm as the road blockage left the surrounding area with severe traffic congestion.

The elderly lady was in utter distress as she still had a long way to go on her own.

“I went to Manikganj today in the morning as my daughter was not feeling very well, but my daughter-in-law who lives here with my son became very ill after I reached there and I had to return immediately”, she said.

“As the roads were blocked suddenly, I could not find any transport. This unannounced road blockage made it very difficult for a poor and old person like me to walk such a long distance with a heavy load”, she added.