Journalist killed in bus collision with motorcycle in Bhanga, Faridpur

Biplob Kumar Das, Staff Reporter. A journalist named Kazi Ashraf (45) has been killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a bus in Bhanga, Faridpur. He tragically died in the morning when the bus collided with the motorcycle he was riding on the Dhaka-Khulna highway. He was the Lohagara correspondent for Asian Television in Narail district. At the time, another person named Mahamudul Hasan Anik, who was with him, was injured. This accident occurred today, Friday (13 September), in the Monsurabad area of Bhanga upazila on the Dhaka-Khulna highway. The deceased Kazi Ashraf was the son of Kazi Shamsur Rahman from Gopinathpur village in Lohagara municipality, Narail. The deceased's son-in-law, Soni Chowdhury, stated that on Sunday morning, Kazi Ashraf and Mahamudul Hasan Anik were heading to Dhaka on a motorcycle for personal work from Lohagara. Meanwhile, when they reached the Monsurabad area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur district on the Khulna-Dhaka highway, the motorcycle lost control and fell on the road. As a result, he was severely injured after colliding with a bus of Dola Paribahan. At that time, Mahamudul Hasan Anik, who was with him on the motorcycle, was slightly injured. Later, the police and locals rescued them and took them to the Bhanga Upazila Health Complex, where Kazi Ashraf's condition was critical, so he was taken to Dhaka Medical College for advanced treatment. He died around 12 PM while undergoing treatment there. Regarding this, Sub-Inspector (SI) Sohel Rana of Bhanga Highway Police Station stated that in the morning, two motorcycle riders were rescued in an injured condition from a road accident in the Monsurabad area of the Khulna-Dhaka highway and taken to the Bhanga Upazila Health Complex. It was reported that one of them was in critical condition and died after being taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.