Nahar Begum, hit by the Pajero north of Gulshan Shooting Club at 7:00am, was pulled up to Tibet crossing after she snagged her sari on the rear wheel cover of the vehicle, police and witnesses said.

Pedestrians tried to chase the Pajero down to save the 25-year-old worker of Armana Fashion Limited in Tejgaon, but the vehicle sped on, leaving a trail of blood all the way.

A traffic policeman joined the chase to capture the vehicle and its driver fled, leaving his SUV close to Tibet Chemicals. Nahar was found dead, her sari entangled with the rear wheels.

"She was heading for work. We tried to save the girl. We found her covered in blood -- listless. It happened in a matter of minutes," said a witness to the incident that drew a large crowd.

"She could have been saved if the driver had stopped when we chased," said another witness, adding the killer Pajero is off-white.

Tejgaon police seized the vehicle and contacted Bangladesh Road Transport Authority to know that it was registered twice -- in one Ruhul Amin's name and with a travel agency.

Police recovered and sent the body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for an autopsy, where Nahar's brother, Alauddin, told journalists about her life and struggle to stay afloat in Dhaka.

Daughter of Darad Ali of Namapara in Uttara Badda, Nahar joined the garment factory as a thread cutting helper on a monthly pay of Tk 1,000 two and a half months ago.

"Everyday, she walked more than three kilometres to her workplace. She was hard at work," said Alauddin, a rickshaw-puller.

Nahar migrated to Dhaka from her home village in Tarash in Sirajganj after her divorce left her out of all other choices to live by.

The woman, third among her six sisters and three brothers, married Mohammad Liton back in her village but got divorced four months ago over a dowry dispute with her in-laws.

"Nahar was looking for a job. She needed it bad enough," said Marjina Begum, who found her the job 10 days after her arrival in Dhaka.

The death of Nahar is a reminder of doctor Mohammad Shahjahan Ali who was knocked down from his motorbike and dragged over a kilometre to death by a car on Mirpur Road on July 1.

Mohammadpur police submitted the charge sheet, accusing driver Sujon Sardar of killing the doctor. The driver has been evading arrest since the incident.

Following the July tragedy, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ashraful Huda issued a press release on July 3 to remove additional rear and front iron bumpers from cars, taxicabs, buses, trucks and other vehicles by July 10.

Many followed the order before the High Court stayed it following a writ petition by vehicle owners.