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At a glance
- A Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) personnel died in a motorcycle-rickshaw collision in Chattogram.
- The accident occurred while the victim was traveling to inspect government work.
- Police seized the auto-rickshaw and detained its driver; further action is pending the family's arrival.
A member of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) was killed in a head-on collision between his motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw today in Chattogram's Mirsharai upazila. The deceased, identified as Md Alauddin, 38, was on his way to inspect government work when the accident happened around noon at the Abutorab Road intersection.
He was riding a motorcycle when it collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw.
Alauddin, who had been serving as the upazila Ansar and VDP officer in Mirsharai since earlier this year, was riding his motorcycle when it collided with an auto-rickshaw. According to Mirsharai Police Station Officer-in-Charge Farida Yasmin, he was rushed to the Mirsharai Upazila Health Complex, but doctors pronounced him dead before he could receive treatment.
Alauddin had died before reaching the hospital.
Shuvra Dash, a duty doctor at the health complex, confirmed that Alauddin had died prior to his arrival at the hospital. In response to the incident, the police have seized the auto-rickshaw involved in the crash and have detained its driver. The OC stated that further legal proceedings will be initiated once Alauddin's family arrives to handle the situation.
Further legal action will be taken after Alauddin's family arrives, the OC added.
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