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Man pushed out of bus to
death
Students burn 3 vehicles, block road
Staff Correspondent
A young man was pushed out of a running bus
to his death on Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka yesterday, prompting students of
the nearby
The victim, Akram Hossain, 22, hailed from Mymensingh.
Son of late Altab Ali, Akram did his honours in accounting and came to the
capital to look for a job a few days ago.
Witnesses said Akram boarded the Mirpur-bound bus from
Farm Gate at around 1:30pm on his way back to the agricultural university, where
he was staying with a friend at a hall.
Reba Begum, who was a passenger of the bus, said Akram
wanted to get down near the university but the driver refused to stop. He then
requested the helper of the bus to let him get down but the helper pushed him
out of the running bus.
"We saw the young man falling from the running bus
and he was crushed under its rear wheels," said Reba.
As passengers started to scream, the driver stopped the
bus and fled along with the helper.
Within minutes, several hundred students from the
university came out on the street and went on the rampage, chasing drivers and
helpers of three buses, setting fire to the vehicles and damaging six more. Riot
police and a team from Tejgaon Police Station rushed to the spot but the
agitated students refused to lift the barricade.
"We have had the same problem of buses refusing to
stop at this important intersection for long. We want a speed breaker and a bus
stoppage here," one of them told police. The others also expressed similar
views.
The students however left the spot after two hours.
Prof Fazal Karim of the university said several fatal
accidents took place at the same spot as buses did not stop and conductors
pushed passengers out.
"There are about 2,000 students at the university.
We appeal to the authorities to set up a bus stoppage near it," he said.
Tejgaon police seized the bus and sent the victim's
body to
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Death of student sparks
angry protest
Sunday April 11 2004 09:39:24 AM BDT
Students of
Enraged by the death of Akram Hossain (22), a second
year student of Accountant Department of Ananda Mohan University College in
Mymensingh, students of the Agriculture University and its nearby people also
torched a motor vehicle and put up barricade on Mirpur-Farmgate route,
disrupting movement of all modes of vehicle for about two hours.
They also engaged in a clash with policemen. The police
chased the militant students charging batons while the students hurled brickbats
and stones on them. Students of the university alleged that the police in riot
gear stormed the campus and beat up them indiscriminately, leaving several of
them injured.
Recently, another man was also crushed under the wheels
of a passenger mini-bus just in front of the
Despite repeated calls, the authority did not take any
steps, including making speed-breakers, to avoid accident, students added.
Witnesses said the ill-fated college student was
crushed under the wheels of a Mirpur-bound running mini-bus, bearing number
Witnesses alleged the tragic incident occurred due to
negligence of the bus driver who dropped him in front of the office in a running
condition.
Akram Ali, son of late Altaf Ali of Mehergaon village
under Fultala Thana in Mymensingh district, came to Dhaka to visit one of his
friends'' house.
As the news of the student’s death spread, a large
number of students of the university and local people became angry and started
damaging and torching motor vehicles passing there, they said.
Police seized the killer bus, but its driver managed to
escape. A case was filed with Tejgaon police in this connection.
Soon after the incident, a large number of police were
deployed in and around the campus to thwart any further untoward incidents.
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