A madrasa teacher was killed in a road accident on Chirirbandar-Ranirbandar road at Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur district on Sunday night.
The accident took place at around 8.30pm in Ayub Surir Mor area under Saitara union of the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Hasan Ali, 54, son of late Yunus Ali, a resident of Gachahar village under Alokdihi union under the upazila. He was a teacher of a local madrasa.
According to witnesses, Hasan was going to Ranirbandar area after performing Maghrib Prayer at Chirirbandar on a battery-run easybike. When they reached Ayub Surir mor, a rickshaw collided head-on with their vehicle, leaving him critically injured.
He was taken to Chirirbandar Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctors referred him to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at around 10pm. Alokdihi Union Parishad Chairman Santos Kumar Roy confirmed the death matter.
