A bus collided with a car carrying Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Qamar Abbas Khokhar and his family in Brahmanbaria on Friday (May 26).

According to information, the envoy, his wife Rehena Sarwar Khokhar, daughter Huda Abbas Khokhar and son Mohammad Khokhar was present in the car.

The incident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Rampur area of Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila this afternoon.

Brahmanbaria's Khantihata Highway police station Officer-in-Charge Akul Biswas confirmed the matter.

He said that the deputy high commissioner himself was driving the car to Moulvibazar's Srimangal. However, the envoy and his family members are safe.

The police have arrested the bus driver Saiful Islam, 30, he added.

BDST: 1841 HRS, MAY 26, 2023
MSK