Killing of 5 brothers by Cox's Bazar van: Driver held

Four of the five brothers who were killed by a pick up van in Cox's Bazar. UNB

Dhaka, Feb 12 -- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday detained the driver of a pick-up van that ploughed into a group of nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar last week. 

Tuesday's horrific accident on the Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway in Chakaria upazila left five brothers dead on the spot. Four other siblings were also injured in the accident. 

Acting on a tip-off, a Rab team raided Dhaka's Mohammadpur area this morning and nabbed the van driver, Shahidul Islam alias Saiful, sources said. 

Tuesday's accident occurred around 5am near Memorial Christian Hospital in the Malumghat area of Chakaria when the nine siblings were crossing a road, according to eye-witnesses.  

The nine, all Hindus, had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers for their father who was killed a day before. - UNB