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Vol. 5 Num 1140 Mon. August 13, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Traffic constable killed in city road crash


A traffic constable was killed when a passenger bus hit him in the Kamalapur area in the city yesterday.

The dead was identified as Al-Faruq, 32.

Faruq was hit by a Uttara-bound passenger bus of Turag Paribahan at around 9:45am while he was on duty at the Kamalapur T T Para crossroad.

Faruq was taken to the Rajarbagh Police Line Hospital and shifted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to DMCH, doctors said.

Police seized the bus and arrested its driver.

A case was filed with the Shabujbagh Police Station in this connection.