Online Desk: A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a bus at Ashulia in Savar, the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, on Sunday morning. The deceased was Mehedi Hasan, 22. He worked as electrician in Ashulia’s Ghoshbag area. The accident happened at about 7am in front of Zirabo Bengal Plastic factory on the Baipal-Abdullahpur road.

Eyewitnesses said two buses belonging to Alinur Paribahan were heading towards Baipal from Dhaka. The two were trying to overtake each other. Then one of those smashed Mehedi’s motorbike, leaving him dead on the spot.

Angered by the accident, angry mob torched the two buses. Being informed, two units from Zirabo Fire Service rushed to the spot and doused the blaze. Ashulia Police Station SI Masud said they recovered the body. The two burnt buses were also removed from the road.