SRB member killed after being run over by truck while on duty at checkpost in Feni
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Md Alamgir (46), a member of the Special Response Battalion (SRB), has been killed after being hit by a truck during a drive in Feni. He was working as a warrant officer at the Feni camp of SRB-7 on deputation from the Bangladesh Army. The truck driver was also injured in this incident.
The accident took place on the Chattogram-bound lane adjacent to the Fatehpur rail crossing on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at around 1am in the small hours of Sunday, the night of Saturday (3 October).
The deceased Md Alamgir is the son of late Nur Uddin Ahmed of Shantibagh village in Kendua upazila of Netrokona. The injured truck driver Sajib is the son of Salam Gazi of Shyampur village in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal.
Mohipal Highway Police said a team of SRB was conducting searches after setting up a temporary checkpost. At that time, while a covered van had been stopped and was being searched, another truck was signalled to stop. But the truck, without stopping, hit the covered van and, while trying to flee at high speed, ran over SRB member Alamgir who was on the left side of the road and fell into an adjacent ditch.
On receiving the news through 999, members of Mohipal Highway Police immediately appeared at the spot, rescued SRB member Md Alamgir and truck driver Md Sajib in a critically injured condition and took them to Feni General Hospital. The doctor on duty there declared Alamgir dead after examination. The injured Sajib is receiving treatment at the hospital.
Noman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohipal Highway Police in Feni, said the body of the deceased has been kept at the Feni General Hospital morgue for post-mortem. The truck and the covered van have been taken into police custody. Legal action in this incident is under process.
