A police sub-inspector and his friend died in a road accident in the capital’s Uttara area early Thursday as a vehicle hit his motorcycle and fled the spot.
The deceased SI Kamrul Islam, 33, was posted in Gulshan police station.
The other victim Fateha Mastana Sumi, 38, was his friend, said police.
Kamrul and Fateha were on their way to Uttara from Gulshan when a vehicle hit their motorbike on Airport Road at about 11:00pm on Wednesday, said airport police sub-inspector Moshiul Alam.
The victims were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead at about 2:00am.
Gulshan police officer-in-charge Abul Hasan said that Kamrul, who joined as sub inspector in 2013, was from Sirajganj.
Moshiul said that police were yet to identify the vehicle that hit the motorcycle.
Investigators were analysing close circuit camera footage from the airport to Abdullahpur to identify the vehicle, he added.
Fateha’s friend Nafisa Akter said that Fateha ran a restaurant business near Haji Camp at Ashkona and was also a friend of Kamrul.
mj/
