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Reckless Driving

Journo killed as bus hits his bike

Staff Correspondent
A journalist was killed when a bus hit his motorcycle from behind and then ran him over in the capital's Kakrail yesterday.
Victim Dinesh Das, 47, died on the spot around 8:45am, police said.
He was on his way after dropping off
his class-Ill daughter at Viqarunnisa Noon School at Bailey Road, his wife Poly Rani told reporters.
Dinesh had been a senior reporter at Bangla daily Amader Shomoy. He quit the daily two months ago. He entered the profession in 1985 and worked in several daily and weekly publications before joining Amader Shomoy seven years ago, family members said.
His death comes just days after Nikhil Bhadra, a journalist of the Bangla daily Kaier Kantha, was badly injured when a BRTC bus ran him over in front of the Jatiya Press Club. Doctors had to amputate his right leg from the knee.
As news of Dinesh's death spread, more than 100 journalists took to the streets and blocked roads in the Press Club area, disrupting traffic on the Paltan to Kadam Phoara intersection for four hours from 1:30pm.
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) demanded punishment of the killer driver and compensation for the family of Dinesh.
Saiful Islam, a traffic constable who witnessed the accident, said the bus picked up high speed to pass
the intersection to avoid a red signal.
“Hit from behind, he [Dinesh] skidded around six yards with his bike. As he was trying to stand up, the rear wheels of the bus crushed his head, leaving him dead on the spot,” Saiful toldThe Daily Star.
The traffic constable signalled for the bus to stop but it sped away. He then ran after it and managed to arrest the driver and one of his assistants and also seize the bus as it stopped at another signal a few yards away from the scene.
The bus was coming from Narayanganj carrying governmentstaff.
Saiful said he was unsure if Dinesh was wearing the helmet, which was found on the spot intact.
Ramna police took driver Badsha Mia, 26, and his assistant Mahmudul Hasan, 16, into custody.
At the police station, Badsha told this correspondent he had tried to cross the Kakrail intersection to avoid a red signal. The bike was on his right then, but after crossing the signal the bike suddenly
turned left and came in front of him. It happened so quickly that he could not control the steering, he claimed.
Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station, said Badsha initially denied that he was driving the bus when the accident happened but later admitted to doing so.
All the passengers of the bus were staff of TYading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). They did not cooperate with the police in identifying the bus driver, Rafiqul added.
Dinesh's body was first taken to Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) where members of different organisations, including Crime Reporters' Association of Bangladesh and Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), observed one minute's silence.
Later, the body was taken to the Jatiya Press Club and then to his village home in Naogaon for cremation.
BFUJ, DUJ and DRU will form a human chain in front of the Press Club at around 11:00am today to protest the death and demand safer roads.