Police arrested the driver of the bus that ran over two students of the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), from the Kotwali area of Chattogram city yesterday. Md Tazul Islam, 49, son of Abdul Khalil of Chikdair area of Raozan Upazila in Chattogram, was the driver of the bus of 'Shah Amanat Paribahan'. Chattogram district additional superintendent of (district special branch) Abu Tayed Mohammad Arif Hossain said police in a drive arrested the driver Tazul from the Kotwali area of the city on Wednesday.
On April 22, a bus ran over a motorcycle near Selina Quader Chowdhury College on Chattogram-Kaptai Road under Rangunia Police Station in Chattogram at around 3.30 pm, leaving three students of the CUET injured.
Later, Shanto Saha, a student of the 20th batch of the Civil Engineering Department, and Toufiq Hossain, of the same department, died. Another student who was injured in the accident is Zakaria Himu, a student of the same department of CUET. He is now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Chattogram. His leg was broken in the accident. Doctors said he was out of danger. After the incident, the driver and the helper of the bus went into hiding.
Meanwhile, the students of CUET blocked the Chattogram-Kaptai road protesting the death of two fellows in the road crash for the third consecutive day on yesterday. The students took to the street boycotting classes and examinations and blocking the road by setting fire to logs and tires to press home their 9-point demand for safe roads.
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