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5 people including 4 of a family killed in Cumilla road crash
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 26 Mar 2026, 10:24 PM
Photo: Collected
At least five people, including four from the same family,
were killed when a passenger bus crushed their car in Cumilla’s Burichang
upazila on Tuesday evening.
Another family member was critically injured in the crash,
said Mainamati Crossing Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Momin.
The incident took place near the Miami Roadside Hotel on the
Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Kalakachua area of the upazila around 7pm.
The deceased have been identified as: Mufti Mawlana Abdul
Mumin, 50, his wife Jharna Begum, 40, their son Saif, 7, and daughter Labiba,
18. The couple’s second children Abrar, 12, was admitted to the Cumilla Medical
College Hospital in serious conditions.
The fifth deceased was the car driver Jamal Hossain, 52.
The family members hail from Chhatarpaiya village, Sonaimuri
upazila in Noakhali. The car driver hails from Barishal.
According to police, a bus of Starline company hit the car
from the right. The car driver died on the spot, while the rest succumbed to
injuries following admission to multiple local hospitals.
The bus, car and corpses were later brought to the police
station. Tensions spread in the area following the accident, but police responded
promptly to bring the situation under control, officers told reporters.
Notably, Jharna Begum is the younger sister of Maulana
Faysal Ahmed, organisational secretary at the Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis,
making all the family members his relatives.