A Dhaka court has jailed the driver responsible for running over two female garment workers in the capital’s Malibagh.
Judge Shahinur Rahman gave the orders on Wednesday (Jan 2) after the driver, Junayed, was produced in court.
The investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Farukh Khan of Hatirjheel Police pleaded that the accused should be kept in prison for a fair probe of the incident.
On Tuesday (Jan 1), two ready-made garment workers Nahida Pervin Poly, 20 and Mim Akhter, 15 were run over by a bus that Junayed was driving.
Meem died on spot while Pervin died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Their colleagues took to the streets the very same day, vandalizing vehicles and setting them on fire.
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