Agitated local people set fire to the bus Barisal Correspondent: At least seven people were killed and 21 others were injured as a bus run over them on Charfasson-Bhola road on Tuesday night. According to sources, a Charfasson bound bus run over a motorcycle, rickshaw and passers-by at 8.00pm at Janata Bazar in Bhola district as the driver lost the control over it. Kanchan Majhi, a passer-by, died on the spot. Six others including Habibur Rahman (70), Abdul Aziz (60) and Anis Majhi (60) died on way to and at hospital. The deceased were on a footpath when the bus-driver lost his control and the vehicle knocked them down. After the incident, the driver and helper of the bus fled the spot. Agitated local people set fire to the bus and blocked the road in protest. — risingbd.com
