Sundarganj/Gaibandha/Representative/

A pedestrian named Tachman Ali (55) was killed by a battery-operated auto-rickshaw in Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha.

The accident took place on Thursday (November 17) at Purba Baidyanath Namkasthan on the Sundarganj-Rangpur road of the upazila. Tachman Ali is the son of deceased Gelna Sheikh of Purba Ramjivan village of Upazila.

According to the locals, Tachman Ali was seriously injured when a battery-operated auto-rickshaw going to Bamondanga hit him while crossing the road on the Sundarganj-Rangpur road. He was rescued at Sundarganj Upazila Health Complex and later died on the way to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Sundarganj police station officer-in-charge (OC) Sarkar Iftekharul Mokaddem confirmed the matter and said that a pedestrian named Tashman Ali died while crossing the road.