Two policemen were killed when the CNG-powered auto-rickshaw carrying them overturned on Faridpur-Barisal highway in Faridpur on Friday morning.
Bhanga Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ziarul Islam said: “The accident took place around 4:30am in the Bhanga area on the Faridpur-Barisal highway.”
The deceased were identified as Nayek Nazmul Hossain and Constable Nasir Uddin.
Five members of the highway police left for Faridpur in a CNG auto rickshaw to attend a firing exercise.
The CNG auto-rickshaw overturned in front of the Brothers Filling Station when it came to the Pukuria area of Bhangar and caused casualties.
Four others, including the driver, were injured in the incident.
Three of the four injured were identified as Imran Sardar, Zakid Hossain, and Mithoaiching Marma. The identity of the auto-rickshaw driver could not be known immediately.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ziarul said: “They were taken to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital for better treatment.”
