The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Khulna

A businessman was killed and his two brothers were injured in a road accident near the toll plaza of Mollahat Bridge on the Khulna-Dhaka highway in Bagerhat on Monday morning.

The dead was identified as Sadek Ali Laskar alias Heera, 40, an eminent businessman of Khulna. The injured are his brothers Sujat Ali Laskar, 44, and Shamsher Ali Mintu, 42. They were released from hospital after taking first aid.

The accident occurred when an ambulance the victims were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a ditch.

Police said the ambulance was carrying the body of the mother of the victims Hasina Begum, who died at a clinic in Dhaka on Saturday.

Mollahat police recovered the body and sent it to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for autopsy.