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A man who was a tractor driver was killed in an accident under another tractor on Monday night at Gurdaspur upazila in Natore.
The victim, identified as Badal Pramanik, 35, resided in the Godown Ghat area of Singra upazila, Natore.
According to eyewitness accounts, the accident happened around 8:30 pm in Masinda Charpara village during unauthorized pond digging by landowners Abdul Latif and Abul Kalam Azad, as per UNB reports.
Badal was assisting in the excavation, standing beside a tractor that was cutting soil, when another tractor arriving to collect the soil crushed him. Following the incident, all involved parties fled the scene, leaving Badal’s body unattended.
Later, the locals found Badal’s body, and they immediately notified the authorities. Ujjal Hossain, the officer-in-charge of Gurdaspur Police Station, confirmed the matter.
Upon receiving information about the incident, police quickly arrived at the scene, where they recovered the body and seized one of the tractors involved.
Officer Hossain reported that efforts to arrest those responsible for the illegal excavation and resultant death are currently underway.