4 Biswa Ijtema devotees killed in Sylhet road crash

Sylhet, 22 January: Four people, including a union parishad member, were killed and 10 others injured as a bus carrying Biswa Ijtema devotees collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka- Sylhet highway at Lalabazar in  Dakkhin Surma upazila on Monday morning.

The deceased were identified as UP member Abdul Khalek, 45, Abdul Zafar, 45, a resident of Kolaiya village, Abu Bakkar, 45, of Ulutulu Noagaon village and Ali Akbar, 50, of Kandagaon village of Kathoir union.

Khairul Fazal, officer-in-charge of Dakkhin Surma Police Station, said the collision took place when 30 devotees were returning to Sunamganj from Biswa Ijtema ground around 6am in the ‘Balaka Pahibahan’ bus, leaving four people dead on the spot.

The injured were admitted to Osmani Medical College Hospital. (UNB)