Mother, toddler killed in Panchagarh ‘road accident’

A man was found unconscious by police at a road Panchagarh’s Tetulia Upazila, by the side of the dead bodies of his wife and son.

The family’s motorcycle was found intact there.

The accident occurred around 10pm on Monday on the Tetulia-Banglabandha road, said Panchagarh Sadar Police Station SI Shaju Miah.

The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old Jayanti Rani and her son, 2-year old Narayan.

Jayanti was the wife of Shitendranath, 40, from Putimarhi village in Panchagarh’s Boda Upazila.

Shitendranath worked at the Rural Poverty Alleviation Project in Tetulia and was travelling from a relative’s house to Tetulia on Monday night, said SI Shaju.

“We believe that during the trip they were hit by a truck which later fled .”

Police are investigating the cause of the death, he said.

According to Pancharh Sadar Hospital Doctor Rezaul Karim, the child was found injured and had blood, but not his mother.

An autopsy would be required , he said.

Shitendranath was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state, said the hospital’s Senior Staff Nurse Mariam Begum.

Relatives transferred him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital after he failed to regain consciousness by Tuesday morning.

“We were on our way to a program in the Bhajanpur area around 10:30 pm on Monday when we came to the spot of the accident,” said District Awami League Publicity Secretary Bipenchandra Ray.

“We found the unconscious Shitendranath, the dead bodies of Jayanti and their son Narayan and the motorcycle lying on the road. None of the locals could tell us what happened.”

Bipenchandra said he had personally known the family .