The accident occurred in the upazila’s Taltala area on the Hakimpur-Jashihati road, said Basail Police OC SM Tuheen Ali. The dead have been identified as 27-year-old Shaon Khan and Jamil, 25. According to OC Ali, Shaon and Jamil were headed to a rally for Upazila Parishad vice chairman candidate Khan Bahadur on a motorcycle. The motorcycle swerved out of their control in the Taltala area and crashed into a nearby tree. Police recovered the bodies after the accident was reported by locals, the OC said.

Source: bd News24 March 24, 2019 04:30 UTC