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Bus driver arrested in Mymensingh road crash killing 7

Friday, 30 October 2026, 12:05

Bus driver arrested in Mymensingh road crash killing 7

A case has been filed accusing the bus driver following a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a CNG-run autorickshaw that left seven people dead on the Akua Gandrapa bypass highway in Mymensingh city. Following the registration of the case at Kotwali Model Police Station, the driver was arrested and is currently in jail.

In protest against the accident, local residents staged a demonstration on Friday night in the Faujdari area of Jamalpur town with a symbolic funeral prayer and a symbolic dead body of Rajib Paribahan. They alleged that the buses of Rajib Paribahan operating on the Dhaka-Jamalpur route run at excessive speeds and recklessly, demanding justice for the incident.

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