Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested two people in connection to a road accident that killed a police constable on Monday.
The arrestees are bus driver Md Jakir Hossain, 40, and bus owner Md Alam Khoka, 40.
The driver was held from Brahmanbaria and the owner was held from Savar during separate operations, said ASP Imran Khan of the RAB headquarters media wing.
During the interrogation, it was learned that the bus did not have any route permit and was being run illegally, he said
On Monday, a police constable riding a motorbike was hit and killed by a bus in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area near the Sonargaon intersection.
The deceased was identified as Korban Ali Hossain, 35, a constable posted at Rajarbagh Police Telecom Bhaban who used to live in Savar.
A bus of Welcome Paribahan hit Korban’s motorcycle around 10am, said Al Imran, sub-inspector of Hatirjheel police station.
He was immediately taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 11:45 am, he said.
