Former Rural Development Board official dies in accident in Dhaka's Mirpur

A former joint director of Bangladesh Rural Development Board died this evening, hours after he was in a road accident in Dhaka's Mirpur area.

Akbar Hossain, 68, a retired official, went out of his house for a walk when a covered van hit him near Sony Cinema Hall around 6:15am.

With critical injuries, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died around 7:15pm, said deceased's son Tawhidul Islam.

Hailing from Rangpur district, he used to live in Mirpur's Ahmednagar area with his family.

The body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.