Lorry Driver Arrested Over Death of Student Maisha in Sitakunda

The Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram district police has arrested the lorry driver accused in the death of Maisha Musfirat, a student of the International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), who was run over by a lorry in Sitakunda, Chattogram.

On Thursday night, acting on the instructions of Chattogram Superintendent of Police Md Masud Alam, members of the district DB raided the Panchlaish police station area of the city and arrested the accused driver.

The arrested lorry driver is Md Riaz Uddin (32), son of Md Abu Taher of Batir Tek area under Noakhali Sadar police station in Noakhali district.

SP Masud Alam said that after student Maisha was killed under the lorry's wheels, angry students blocked the highway and raised several demands, including the arrest of the lorry driver. In response to those demands, the district DB, acting on secret information, raided the Panchlaish area of Chattogram city and arrested the driver, the main accused in the accident.

Mohinul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sitakunda police station, said the university authorities, as plaintiff, have filed a case at Sitakunda police station under the Road Transport Act over the student's death. The arrested driver will be shown arrested in that case and sent to court.

On Tuesday morning, Maisha Musfirat (21), a student of IIUC's Department of English Language and Literature, was killed by a recklessly speeding lorry in the university gate area. Another student of the university and 10 passengers of a minibus that overturned on the highway were also injured in the accident.

Following the incident, angry students blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and the railway line.