A police constable was killed and a man injured in a road accident at Maghia on Kachua-Gazalia road in Kachua upazila on Saturday night.
Police said constable Miraj Shikdar, 30, son of Ashraf Ali Shikdar, a resident of Gimtekathi village in Kachua upazila, was returning home from another village in a motorcycle along with one of his relatives, reports UNB.
When the duo reached Maghia, the motorcycle hit a roadside tree around 8:30 pm, leaving the constable dead on the spot and his relative injured, said officer-in-charge of Kachua Police Station M Kabirul Islam.
The injured was admitted to Kachua Upazila Health Complex, the OC added.