<i>Worker crushed under truck's wheels as he asked for dues</i>
Men of a road construction company allegedly crushed a worker under the wheels of a truck on Boda-Debiganj road at Chandanbari village under Boda upazila in Panchagarh yesterday for demanding dues.
Following the incident thousands of agitated locals barricaded the road demanding arrest of the killers.
The deceased, Rafiqul Islam, 35, son of Salimuddin of Munshipara village in Boda upazila, had gone to the spot to ask for his due money at about 12:30pm, said police and locals.
At one stage of altercation with Rezaul Islam, site engineer of Abdul Monayem Limited, a firm constructing Boda-Debiganj road, a truck driver of the firm picked Rafiqul up on the truck.
Then the driver and helpers of the truck threw Rafiqul from the truck and crushed him under its wheels, leaving him dead on the spot, said locals.
As the news spread, locals vandalised a truck of the construction firm and barricaded the road.
Police were trying to restore the road communication as of filing this report at 4:30pm.
When contacted, project manager of Abdul Monayem Limited engineer Sharifuzzaman said, "A man was killed in a road accident by our truck but he was not our worker. He might be a worker of our sub-contractor."
He refuted the allegation of killing Rafiqul.
After investigation it will be known what actually happened, acting officer in charge of Boda Police Station Harun-or-Rashid told this correspondent over cell phone.
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