A female student has been run over by a bus after she fell on the road while getting off of it in Savar.
The incident occurred near Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Friday afternoon.
The deceased is Shilpi Akhter, 20, a student of Chittagong Mohila Polytechnic Institute (CMPI).
Witnesses and police said the student was travelling to Dhaka from Baipail area in a Moumita Paribahan bus. She fell on the road when the driver hit the brake hard and got ran over by the vehicle instantly.
Later, her body was recovered by police.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Savar Model police station AFM Sayed said: “The bus and its driver are in our custody and a case will be soon filed on this regard.”