The helper of a truck has been killed after miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the vehicle on Dhaka-Barisal highway at Uzirpur.
Police recovered the body of Shohag from the spot.
Nurul Islam, officer-in-charge of Uzirpur police station, said driver of the Faridpur-bound truck lost control over the steering and fell into a roadside ditch after pickets hurled petrol bombs at the vehicle around 6am on Sunday.
Driver Ripon managed to come out of the truck. However, helper Sohag was trapped inside it and died of burn and hit injuries.
Murad Hossain, owner of the truck, said injured driver Ripon was brought to Faridpur and was undergoing treatment.
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