Sleeping driver dies as bus set on fire in Faridpur

A bus driver died from suffocation after a fire broke out in a parked local bus at the New Bus Terminal in Faridpur early Tuesday.

The victim, Kalachan Sheikh, 34, was the son of Nuruddin Sheikh of the Goalchamot area of Faridpur town.

The incident occurred around 3am on Tuesday (November 10), when miscreants allegedly set fire to the bus while it was parked at the terminal. Sheikh was asleep inside the vehicle at the time.

Police and local sources said the attackers fled after setting the bus on fire. As smoke filled the vehicle, Sheikh began experiencing breathing difficulties and died at the scene.

He was later taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Faridpur Fire Service Senior Station Officer Sribas Baroi said firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving information at around 3am and brought the blaze under control.

Mohammad Saddam, ward master at Faridpur Medical College Hospital, said a man identified as Kalachan Sheikh was brought to the hospital dead. Preliminary information suggested that he had died from breathing difficulties caused by smoke inhalation.

His body has been kept in the hospital morgue.