BU Student Death: Bus Driver Arrested

The bus driver who killed a Barishal University student was arrested from Khasherhat village in Patuakhali district.

The arrested person is Jamil Hossain, 27, driver of ‘Travels Paribahan’ Narayanganj and son of Haidar Ali from Patukhali district.

A police team arrested Jamil from his house on Friday around 11 p.m., said Md Shafiqul Islam, commissioner of Barishal Metropolitan Police.

Maya Fauzia Mim, a student of the university’s Department of Statistics, died when she was hit by a bus around 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

After the accident, students of the university blocked the Barishal-Kuakata-Barguna-Bhola regional routes.

After the demonstration, vehicular traffic on the route was suspended until 10 p.m. on Friday, said Rafiqul Islam, in-charge of Bandar police station.