The whole area had turned to mourning place when a total of 12 persons died in a tragic road accident at Barobazer area in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah on Wednesday evening. Of the deceased, five were studying in the final year of Masters at Michael Madhusudan (MM) University College in Jashore.
The deceased were Sanatan Das, 25, son of Ranajit Das of Bhatpara village, REshma Khatun, 26, daughter of Abdur Rashid of Dingaidah village in Chuadanga Sadar, Harunar Rashid Sohag, 25, of Harindia village in Kotchanddpur, Mustafizur Rahman Kallol, 24, of Sundarpur of Kaliganj and Yunus Ali, 26, of Nathkundu village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila. All of them were returning home after completing their examinations which was the last examination for them
When the media activists visited some of the houses at Bhatpara and Nathakundu, witnessed that the family members were behaving almost abnormal and waling for hours together without any rest.
Sonaton’s mother said her son was only dream and future before the poor family. They cannot find any way and means to survive in the earth any more, said the father Ranajit Das.
Kallol’s brother Nasir Uddin said their dream was marred when the killer bus had snatched away the fresh lives of number of future good citizens for their carelessness. The killers should be punished at any cost, he said.
Mention may be made here that a tragic bus accident near Barobazer under Kaliganj upazila on Jhenaidah-Jashore highway had killed 12 persons on Wednesday evening where nine had died on the spot.