A vegetable trader named Bimal Biswas, aged 62, was killed in a motorcycle collision at Pabahati City intersection in Jhenaidah municipality on Tuesday night around 10:30 p.m. According to local sources, Biswas had closed his vegetable shop and was standing by the roadside when a motorcycle coming from the bus terminal area toward Arappur struck him forcefully. Locals rescued him in critical condition and took him to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital, where he died around 11:30 p.m. while undergoing treatment.

Dr. Rajib Chakraborty, the on-duty physician at the hospital’s emergency department, said excessive bleeding was believed to be the cause of death. The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy. Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shamsul Arefin confirmed the incident and stated that no complaint had been filed yet. He added that legal action would be taken upon receiving a formal complaint.

The incident has raised concern among locals about road safety in the municipal area, though no official investigation has yet begun.