Online Desk: A man was killed after being crushed under the wheels of a bus on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Sadar upazila of Bogura district on Tuesday morning. Enraged by the accident, the locals vandalized and set fire on the bus.

The incident took place at around 10 am in Gokul Sawmill Port area under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Badshah, 55, son of late Ahir Uddin, and a resident of Gokul village in the upazila. According to locals and witnesses, a speeding Rangpur-bound Shyamoli Paribahan bus hit Badshah when he was crossing the highway, leaving him critically injured.

Later, he died on the way to hospital. The accident made the locals outraged and after hearing the victim’s death news, they vandilized the bus and set fire on it.

Gobindaganj Highway Police Station officer-in-charge Aminul Islam said being informed, police and firefighter rushed there and brought the situation under control.

The body was handed over to the deceased family without an autopsy upon their request and police seized the bus and arrested its driver. Process to file a case in this regard is underway, the OC added.