A six-year-old madrasa student, Maria Akter Priti, died after being hit by a battery-operated autorickshaw while crossing a road in Purbadhala, Netrokona. The crash occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Nayapara, Thana Road area of উপজেলা সদর Union on the Purbadhala-Netrokona road. Priti was the daughter of Abul Kalam Azad of Pukuriakanda village and attended the infant class at Darul Ulum Nayapara Women’s Madrasa.

Police and local sources said Priti had gone to the madrasa on Saturday morning as usual. After classes ended, she saw her father standing on the other side of the road in Nayapara and attempted to run across. A moving battery-operated autorickshaw struck her, throwing her onto the road.

One wheel of the autorickshaw ran over her body, leaving her seriously injured. Local residents and relatives took her quickly to Purbadhala Upazila Health Complex, where the attending doctor declared her dead. Purbadhala police station officer-in-charge Abdullah Al Mamun said the body was handed to the family after necessary legal procedures, following an application from relatives who made no complaint.