DHAKA: A 24-year-old man was killed in a road accident in the capital’s Nayapaltan area early Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred around 5:30am in front of Gazi Shopping Complex in Nayapaltan. Police rescued the critically injured man and took him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead at around 6:45am.
Sub-Inspector Zahid Hasan of Paltan Police Station said the man was crossing the road when an unidentified vehicle hit him. He was initially found unidentified and was later identified as Mizanur Rahman through fingerprint analysis by a CID forensic team.
Mizanur was the son of Mofizur Rahman and hailed from Kobpurkathi village in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali. Police said he used to stay in the area around the BNP central office in Nayapaltan.
According to police, Mizanur was a homeless person. Efforts are underway to contact his family.
The body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy. Police are also working to identify the vehicle involved in the accident.