The funeral of six people killed in a road accident at Fetualenji village in Netrokona's Purbadhala upazila was completed on Monday afternoon. Five of them were buried together after Janaza prayers. Another was buried at Sidhla village in Gauripur, the home of his father-in-law.
Thousands of people broke down in tears after participating in the janaza prayers of 5 members of the same family.
According to the locals, the cries of the family members of the victims are not stopping. Ayesha Khatun, a mute mother, lost two sons, a daughter and two daughters-in-law. There is no word in the mouth. In the meantime he has lost consciousness several times. The cries of the children after losing their mother are not stopping. The mother is crying for the child, the child is crying for the mother, the brother is crying for the brother. The nephew is crying for the uncle. Neighbors and relatives cannot find the language to comfort them.
Neighbor Anwarul Islam said that Maulana Farooq Ahmed, the youngest son of the late Hamed Ali of Feshualenji village, got married 5 years ago to A. of the neighboring Madhunal village. Rahim's daughter Masuma Akter. The first child in their family life was born at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital last Thursday after marriage. After many days of having children, their family is flooded with joy. After getting discharge from the hospital, he was returning home with his wife and newborn in an autorickshaw in a CNG truck last Sunday. Farooq's brother was with. Nizam Uddin, sister Tamanna Akhter Julekha and future Jyotsna Akhter. All the CNG passengers were killed on the spot when the autorickshaw collided with a bus coming from the opposite direction at Gachatala of Tarakanda upazila on Netrokona-Mymensingh road. The driver Rakibul, son of Abul Hossain of Char Laxmipur village in Mymensingh, also died in the incident.
The deceased have been identified as Faruk Mia, 25, his wife Masuma Akter, 20, newborn Shishu Abdullah, elder brother Nizam Uddin, 27, elder sister Tamanna Akter Julekha, 32, and another elder brother Azim Uddin. CNG driver Rakibul, 30, son of wife Jyotsna Begum, 25, and Abul Hossain of Charlakshipur village in Mymensingh Sadar.
The bodies of the victims were handed over to the family members on Sunday through Shyamganj police outpost. Later on Monday afternoon, Farooq Mia, Masuma Akter, newborn Shishu Abdullah, elder brother Nizam Uddin and sister-in-law Jyotsna Begum were buried at the family graveyard next to the house. Sister Tamanna Akhter Zulekha was buried at her father-in-law's house in Sidhla village of Gauripur upazila.
Nayan Chandra Das, in-charge of Shyamganj Highway Police Outpost, said Azim Uddin, elder brother of the deceased, had filed a case. The driver is on the run. The bus was seized but no one was detained.
