Two RAB members among 3 killed in road crash

Three people, including two members of the Rapid Action Battalion, were killed as a pickup van and a vehicle of RAB collided in Magura district early Friday.

Deceased Anisur Rahman and Mohidul were members of RAB, and Mohidul Islam was the driver of the pickup van.

Police said RAB signaled a pickup van at a checkpoint to stop but it did not stop that led the elite force to chase it on a vehicle. 

The two vehicles collided when these reached Rautara area on the Magura-Jhenaidah Highway around 4 am, leaving two dead on the spot and two others seriously injured.

Among the injured, one died on the way to hospital while another was sent to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in capital Dhaka for better treatment, said Magura Highway Police Station officer in-charge Liakat Ali.