DHAKA, Dec 31, 2024 (BSS) - A lawyer of the Supreme Court today sent legal
notices to the officials concerned for giving Taka one crore to the families
of each victim of the accident at Dhaleshwari toll plaza on Dhaka-Mawa
Expressway on December 27, where six people were killed.

Barrister Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab sent the notices on behalf of rights
group Law and Life Foundation to officials concerned including Chairman of
the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and Additional Inspector
General of Police (IGP0 of Highway Police.

Six people were killed and five others injured as a speedy bus of Bepari
Paribahan rammed a private car, a motorcycle and a microbus as those were
waiting in line to pay the toll at Dhaleswari toll plaza on the Dhaka-Mawa
Expressway around 11 am.

"It was found in the primary investigation that the bus had no updated
fitness certificate, even the driving license of the bus driver was expired.
Driver confessed before the court that he has been taking drugs like
cannabis. It is very clear that those six people were killed in the accident
because of the extreme negligence of the authorities in charge of updating
fitness and license," the legal notice said.

According to the notice, the owner of the bus also took an extremely illegal
decision by bringing that unfit vehicle on the road and giving its charge to
a driver who had no legal driving license. Therefore, this accident, which
killed six people, is the result of everyone's mutual negligence, the notice
added.