Killer Suprobhat bus loses registration
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority or BRTA has revoked the registration of a bus operated by Suprobhat Paribahan responsible for the death of a student in Dhaka.
The bus’s registration had been temporarily cancelled in line with the law, BRTA said in a letter on Tuesday after daylong student protests.
The BRTA blamed reckless speed for the death of Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a student of the Bangladesh University of Professionals or BUP, at Nodda early in the morning.
After the bus ran over and killed him, his peers took to the streets blocking traffic throughout the day.
They vandalised several vehicles and torched a Suprobhat bus. The students said they will resume the protests on Wednesday morning.
Their demands include maximum penalty for the bus driver within 10 days, revocation of Suprobhat Paribahan’s licence to operate, installation of a bus stand, a government order requiring drivers to display their photograph and licence inside the bus, the installation of a footbridge at the Bashundhara gate and CCTV cameras to monitor traffic officers.
Police seized the bus and arrested its driver after the crash.
