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Police have arrested the driver of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) that ploughed into a passenger shed in Dhaka's Khilkhet last night, killing three people and injuring one.
The driver of the vehicle, Dishan, was arrested on Thursday in a case filed by victim Armina’s husband at the police station, said Khilkhet Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Aminul Bashar.
Among the deceased, Yasin, 8, died on the sport while Amrina Haque, 34, and Ujjal Pandey, 26, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment there.
Soon after the incident, the SUV was seized, but its drive fled the spot.
Yasin's father Sumon is undergoing treatment at the orthopaedic department of the casualty block at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Sub-inspector (SI) Mosharraf of Khilkhet Police Station said the bodies were handed over to the relatives without autopsy following an appeal by the families of the deceased.
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