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Woman, daughter-in-law killed in Jamalpur accident
Greenwatch Desk
Accidents
2026-10-10, 12:54pm
An elderly woman and her daughter-in-law were killed when a bus knocked them down on Dhaka-Bakshiganj road in Nilakkhia Thakurpara village of Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district early Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Ufeza Bewa, 65, and Farida Begum, 40, wife of Nur Islam, a resident of the village.
The accident occurred around 6 am when a Dhaka-bound bus hit them while they were standing beside the road, leaving them dead on the spot, said Makbul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bakshiganj Police Station, reports UNB.
Police seized the bus and arrested its driver and helper from the spot.