A 55-year-old man named Md. Shafiqul Islam was killed after being struck by a speeding vehicle in a hit-and-run incident in the Azampur area of Uttara, Dhaka, around 4:00 AM on Thursday, November 12, 2026. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at approximately 6:00 AM.
The deceased, son of Nizamuddin from Arafpur village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila, had just arrived in the capital with six family members on a Green Line Paribahan bus. According to his aunt-in-law, Rubia Akter, the bus dropped the seven-member family near the Azampur overbridge at around 4:00 AM. While standing by the roadside, Shafiqul attempted to cross the road and was violently hit by an unidentified vehicle, which immediately fled the scene.
Read nextFive More Witnesses Testify in Graft Case Against Fugitive Former IGP Benazir AhmedFamily members rushed the critically injured victim first to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital for primary care. As his condition deteriorated rapidly, he was transferred to DMCH, where on-duty emergency physicians declared him dead around 6:00 AM. Inspector Md. Habibur Rahman, In-Charge of the DMCH Police Camp, confirmed the death and stated that the body has been placed in the DMCH emergency morgue for an autopsy, with the relevant police station notified for further legal action.
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