Tareque-Mishuk killing: Bus driver gets life

A court in Manikganj has sentenced bus driver Jamir Hossain to life-time imprisonment in a case filed over the deaths of noted filmmaker Tareque Masud, cinematographer Mishuk Munir and three others in 2011.

Manikganj Additional District and Session`s Judge Al Mahmud Faijul Kabir passed the verdict in presence of the convict Jamir Hossain.

Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munir, and their film production crew - Wasim, Jamal and microbus driver Mostafizur Rahman - died in a road crash on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Joka under Ghior upazila in the district on August 13, 2011.

Tareque’s wife Catherine Masud, painter Dhali Al Mamun, his wife Dilara Zaman Jolly and film production staff Saidul Islam were injured in the accident.

Sub-inspector of Ghior Police Station Md Lutfar Rahman filed a case the same day against the bus driver.