The members of the popular band ‘Odd Signature’ have suffered a terrible road accident in the Chaitab area of ​​Panchdona of Narsingdi on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. The band’s singer and guitarist Ahasan Tanveer Payal and the driver were killed. Three other members of the band in the car were injured.

The incident took place on Saturday (May 11) around 6:30 am in the Chaitab area of ​​the highway. The deceased were identified as microbus driver A: Salam (43) and passenger Ahsan Tanveer Piyal (26).

According to police and locals, a microbus that left Dhaka early in the morning was heading towards Sylhet. When reaching Chaitab area of ​​Panchdona of Narsingdi at around 6:30 am, a bus of Dhaka-bound Hanif Paribahan went to overtake another vehicle. There was a head-on collision with the microbus.

The microbus driver and Payal died on the spot. 3 other passengers in the microbus were injured. After the accident, the passenger bus tried to escape but the highway police arrested the vehicle by mistake.

Ilyach Ahmed, OC of Itakhola Highway Police Station, said that after receiving the information, two bodies were recovered and sent to the hospital. Locals rescued the injured and took them to different hospitals.