Two killed as bike falls into pond

A motorcyclist and one of his pillion riders were killed and another injured as the bike they were riding plunged into a pond in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia on Monday, reports UNB.

The deceased were Zia, 40, son of Shamsuddin of Kallyanpur village in Kumarkhali upazila and Hasan, 30, of Majhgram of the upazila.

Witnesses said the accident took place when they were going to Pangsha upazila in Rajbari district around 11:30pm to see circus, leaving biker Zia dead on the spot.

Members of fire service retrieved Hasan’s body from the pond while injured Shafi Sardar was admitted to a local hospital.

ABM Mehedi Masud, officer-in-charge of Khoksha police station, said police recovered the bodies and sent those to Kushtia General Hospital morgue.