DHAKA: A Dhaka court has rejected bail petitions of the two bus drivers for the third time in a case filed over the death of Titumir College student Rajib Hossain following an accident.

Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Court Majharul Islam rejected the bail petition after hearing on Thursday (May 24).

Lawyer Helal Uddin Patwari pleaded for bail on Thursday (May 24).

During the hearing, he said in court,” The section of the case is qualified for bail. It is the rights of convicts to get bail according to section. If bail is not given then the law is in violation.”

“The High Court ordered the owners to pay the victim’s family compensation, not the convicts,” he also said.

Shahbagh Police Station GRO Mahmudur Rahman moved against the bail.

The bus drivers are- Wahid Ali, 35, of BRTC bus and Khorshed, 50, of Sajan Paribahan.

On April 4, police arrested two bus drivers.

On April 5, a Dhaka court placed the drivers on a two-day remand.

On April 8, they were sent to jail.

On April 3, Rajib, a third-year student of Government Titumir College, lost the hand after it got stuck between two running buses trying to overtake each other in the capital's Bangla Motor area.

The High Court asked the bus owners to bear all the treatment cost of Rajib.

On April 17, Rajib Hossain succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Tuesday.

BDST: 1947 HRS, MAY 24, 2018

AH/AP