Bus runs over 2, Mawa highway blocked for 2hrs

--JSC examinee run over

--Rickshaw-puller injured

--Highway blocked for 2hrs

-- 6 vehicles vandalised

Locals blocked Dhaka-Mawa highway for three hours after two people including a JSC examinee were crushed under the wheels of a bus in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj this morning.

Protesting the deaths, they also vandalised at least six vehicles on the highway which witnessed a heavy traffic jam due to the blockade, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.

The deceased were identified as Rifat Ahmed, 12, an examinee of Junior School Certificate (JSC); and Ainuddin, 40, a rickshaw-puller.

Md Shamsuzzaman, assistant superintendent of police in Munshiganj, said the accident took place when Rifat along with his uncle Jishan was going to Kuchiamora High School examination centre by a rickshaw around 9:00am.

Rifat, son of Ripon Ahmed of Teghoria village, was a student of Rajannagar High School.

Jishan, who was injured in the accident, has been rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.