Rajshahi University student’s car kills autorickshaw driver, injures 3

An autorickshaw driver was killed and three others were injured after a private car driven by a Rajshahi University student hit an autorickshaw in Rajshahi city last afternoon (16 October).

The accident occurred around 2:30pm near the Shaheed Minar in the city’s Talaimari area, police said.

The deceased was identified as Shahjahan, a resident of Chabbishnagar village in Godagari upazila.

The car was being driven by SM Rizon, a fourth-year student of the International Relations Department at Rajshahi University from the 2021-22 academic session. He is also the proprietor of an establishment named Bengal Signature.

Boalia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Masuma Mustari said police had seized the car and detained its driver, Rizon, after the accident.

The process of filing a case is underway, she added.

According to police, the car was travelling from Talaimari towards Saheb Bazar when an battery-run autorickshaw suddenly made a U-turn and came in front of it near the Shaheed Minar. The car hit the autorickshaw, overturning it and sending it onto the road divider. A motorcyclist was also thrown off his bike in the impact.

Locals rescued Shahjahan, along with passengers Mita Begum and her daughter Arshi, and took them to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared Shahjahan dead.

Mita and Arshi are receiving treatment at the hospital.