Sylhet Agri University sues 3 over student’s death in road accident

A case was filed on Monday over the death of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) student Wasim, killed in a road crash in Moulvibazar on Saturday.

Twenty-two-year old Wasim, a final-year Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering student, was crushed to death by a bus after its helper reportedly pushed him off the vehicle at Sherpur in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.

SAU proctor Mrittunjoy Kundu filed the case at Moulvibazar Model Police Station in the afternoon.

Bus driver Jewel Ahmed, 30, his assistant Masuk Mia, 31, and supervisor Sheful Mia, 35, were accused in the case. Suhel Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Jewel and Masuk have been arrested while Sheful is on the run.

Ten students, who were with Wasim at the time of the accident, have been made witnesses in the case.

"It was not an accident. It was a murder," proctor Kundu said. "Our student Wasim has been killed in a planned way."