Accident sparks protest

Vehicular movement on the Jessore-Magura highway came to a halt for three hours yesterday as locals protested death of a schoolboy in an accident at Hashimpur Bazar. Victim Mostafa, 7, was son of Mofizuddin of Hasimpur village under Sadar upazila and a class two student of a local school. Locals and police said, the accident took place when Mostafa was crossing the highway on his way to school. A Jessore-bound truck crushed him under its wheels at about 10:00am. Agitated people put up barricade on the Jessore-Magura highway at Hashimpur Bazar resulting in a 10-kilometer long tailback on the road. The barricade was withdrawn at about 1:00 pm after local MP Khalidur Rahman Tito and district administration assured them of taking punitive action against the culprits.