ormer finance minister M Saifur Rahman
was killed in a road accident on the
Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Brahmanbaria
today. He was 77.
The BNP leader, Saifur Rahman, died on
the spot after a microbus carrying him
fell into a water-filled roadside ditch
at Khairala in Ashuganj at 2:30pm as the
driver lost control over the steering
while trying to save a cow.
Rapid Action Battalion members recovered
the body and sent it to the Brahmanbaria
Sadar Hospital, reports our Brahmanbaria
correspondent.
Four people -- Saifur's Personal
Secretary AGM Shamsul Haque, his two
aides--Sajib and Md Sharif--and the
driver Siraj -- were also injured in the
accident. They were admitted to
Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital.
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