SHERPUR: A leader of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, a front organisation of BNP, and his wife, who sustained severe injuries in a road crash, succumbed to their injuries early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Abdur Rashid Sarker, general secretary of Nolitabari upazila unit Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal.

Deceased’s nephew Jahrul Haque said a human hauler rammed the motorbike carrying Rashid and his wife on Nokla-Nalitabari road at around 7:00pm Saturday, leaving them injured critically.

They were rushed to Upazila Health Complex and later shifted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where they breathed their last at around 4:30am, he added.

BDST: 1242 HRS, DEC 15, 2013
Edited by: Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor