A university student was killed and her mother seriously injured when a covered van sped up to evade a police interception at capital's Dayaganj last night.
The dead was identified as Minnat Jahan Minni, 23, and her mother Nilufar Yasmin, 52, of Commissioner Road in Jurain.
They were crossing the intersection around 9:00pm when the speeding van first hit the two and then dragged Minni for some 20 yards.
Minni, a BBA student of Darul Ihsan University, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
The van ran over both the legs of Yasmin, who was taken to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor).
Locals chased the van and managed to capture the driver, Rubel, 20, and a helper, Khokon, 18.
Rubel and Khokon along with the vehicle were under police custody, said Faruq Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Gendaria Police Station.
Witnesses said a traffic sergeant was taking to the driver as it slowed down.
The driver told The Daily Star that he sped up to evade Traffic Sergeant Shahidul Islam.
Source : The Daily Star
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