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Published : 02 Apr 2025, 09:25 AM
Police have identified all 10 people, including two married couples and two children, killed in a road accident while travelling in a microbus at Chattogram’s Lohagara.
Among the victims were Dilip Biswas, his wife Sadhana Mondal, Rafiqul Islam Shamim, his wife Lutfun Nahar Sumi, their daughters who were identified by single names -- 8-year-old Liana and 14-year-old Anisha, niece Tanifa Yasmin, friend Muktar Hossain.
The two others are Sadhana’s brother Ashish Mondal and microbus driver Rafiqul Islam Shamim. Ashish and Anisha died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
On Wednesday, Sub-Inspector Md Abdul Matin of Dohazari Highway Police Station confirmed that they had contacted the families of the dead and had already handed over three of the bodies from the police station.
Relatives of the rest were also on their way, he added.
The officer said the dead had been from two separate families and were travelling to Cox’s Bazar together, though it remains unclear where they had started.
Sadhana’s cousin Bidhan Mondal said the couple’s 6-year-old daughter Aradhya Mondal was in hospital care. The bodies of Dilip and Sadhana were being taken to Jhenaidah.
A native of Jhenaidah’s Shailkupa, Dilip was involved in garment accessories trade in Gazipur, while Sadhana was a housewife, he added.
They resided in Dhaka with their family.
Bidhan failed to give details about their trip though he said he had heard about it.
The accident occurred around 7:15am on Wednesday on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in the Upazila’s Chunti Jangalia area. Seven people had died at the scene before two of the wounded succumbed to their injuries at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, while another died at the Lohagara Health Complex.
“A Relax Paribahan bus headed to Cox’s Bazar crashed head-on into a microbus headed towards Chattogram city and killed seven people on the spot,” according to Shuvoranjan Chakma, chief of Dohazari Highway Police Station.
Wednesday’s crash is the third serious accident in the Jangalia area in three days. Five people were killed in an accident on Monday, which was Eid day. On Tuesday, two microbuses veered off the road and overturned into a ditch, injuring 12.
On Wednesday, Faruk E Azam, the interim government's Liberation War affairs advisor, instructed authorities to determine the reasons behind the frequent accidents at the location.
