3 killed as bus ploughs thru bookshop

At least three people including a schoolgirl were killed and four others injured when a bus ploughed through a bookshop in Naudapara of Rajshahi on Wednesday.

The deceased are Anika, 13, a student of Shah Makhdum School and daughter of a certain Rustam of Bharalipara, Ismail Hossain, 24, son of one Ismail and Sabuj Islam, 32, son of one Mohammad Ali, reports UNB.

A Rajshahi-bound bus from Naogaon ploughed through a book shop named ‘Labiba Library’ as its driver lost control over the steering after hitting a motorbike, leaving three people killed on the spot and four others injured, around 11:00am, said Shah Makhdum police station officer-in-charge Zillur Rahman.

The injured were taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), he added.

Later, locals put up a barricade on Rajshahi-Naogaon road protesting the incident, disrupting traffic movement.

On information, police went there and seized the bus, the OC added.