A Rajshahi University (RU) student was killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a battery-run auto-rickshaw near the university campus late Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Ifthekharul Islam, a fourth-year student of the English department at the university.
Quoting locals, police said the accident occurred around 11:30pm when Ifthekharul was riding on the back of a motorcycle with his friend.
As they were heading towards Binodpur Gate, a battery-run autorickshaw suddenly tried to make a U-turn and rammed into the motorcycle. Ifthekharul fell to the ground and was seriously injured.
Fire service personnel immediately rescued him and took him to the emergency unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Monimul Islam, chairman of the English department, said that both victims on the motorcycle were students of the same department.
Motihar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Malek said the autorickshaw driver was detained shortly after the incident, and legal action will be taken against him.
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