Ansar member killed in Ctg road crash

A member of the Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) was killed in a road accident in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Alauddin, 38, son of Abul Kashem of Ramgati upazila in Lakshmipur district.

He had been serving as the upazila VDP officer in Mirsharai since the beginning of this year.

According to sources, Alauddin sustained critical injuries when his motorcycle collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw on the road leading to the Special Economic Zone in Mirsharai in the afternoon.

Locals rescued him and took him to a private hospital. He was later shifted to the Mirsharai Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.

Mirsharai Police Station Officer-in-Charge Farida Yasmin said police detained the auto-rickshaw and its driver immediately after the accident.

Further legal action is underway, she added.