Bus Driver Iqbal Hossain Arrested in Gazipur over Mymensingh Crash that Killed Seven
Police have arrested Iqbal Hossain (47), the driver of a Rajib Paribahan bus that collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh city, in an accident that killed seven people including the auto-rickshaw driver.
Iqbal Hossain is the son of Abdul Malek of Paler Para village in Gazipur Sadar upazila. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Model Police Station Md Shibirul Islam confirmed the arrest on Thursday (29 October) afternoon.
OC Shibirul Islam said efforts to arrest the bus driver had been under way since a case was filed over the casualties. Using technology, police arrested Iqbal from the Bashan Thana area of Gazipur at around 1:30am on Wednesday night (28 October). The process of producing him before a court is under way, the OC added.
The accident took place on 2 October at noon in the Dapunia Hargujir Para area of the Rahmatpur bypass road in Mymensingh city.
That evening, Md Mobarak Ali of Darihamidpur village in Jamalpur Sadar upazila filed a written complaint with Kotwali Model Police Station naming the driver as the accused, and it was recorded as a case after midnight. Mobarak Ali lost his mother, brother, niece and grandson in the accident.
The dead include Rashida Begum (70) of Darihamidpur village in Jamalpur Sadar, her son Mofazzal Hossain (50), Mofazzal's daughter Marzina Akhtar (25) and Marzina's son Minan (5).
The other three victims were CNG auto-rickshaw driver Sujan Ali (44) of Bir Gobindapur village in the same district, and Akram Ali (51) of Badechandi village and his wife Mamata Begum (39).
