No case was filed until last night over Monday’s accident in Dhaka’s Gulshan which left four people injured as an underage driver rammed into two rickshaws with an SUV.
The boy is said to be aged 16 and was doing a race with another car when he lost control and hit the rickshaws around 4pm on Road 74 of Gulshan.
Seeking anonymity, a police high-up told the Dhaka Tribune last night that there were three people in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) including the underage driver they were all drunk. Police have found alcohol in the vehicle.
He also quoted one of the victims as saying that he would not sue anyone if all the expenses of his treatment were paid for.
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Law enforcers could not confirm the wheareabouts of the minor boy, whose name has been withheld considering his age. He is the son of HBM Jahidur Rahman, chairman of INNOTEL, and Shaila Shelly Khan, a director of Premier Bank.
Asked, Rafiqul Islam, assistant commissioner police’s Gulshan zone, said: “Police will file a case if none of the injured comes forward.”.
The authorities at the United Hospital, where two of the injured are now undergoing treatment, also refused to make any comments.
The condition of one of the injured, Mohammad Rafique, 27, a Grameen Bank official, was stated to be critical until last night. The other is Abdul Hakim, 32, a rickshaw puller. Doctors said he is now out of danger and would be released today.
The names of the two others, whose names could not be immediately known, were released after primary treatment.
The police high-up said one of them is a 20-year-old girl whose lips were hurt in the accident.
The matter came to light yesterday and created much hype as soon as photos of the SUV and the ravaged rickshaws hit social media, especially Facebook.
