<p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>An 11-year-old student died after being hit allegedly by the car of a teacher of Islamic University in Kushtia on Thursday night.</b></span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The deceased Umme Rukaiya, daughter of Monohar Hossain, a resident of the village in the upazila, was a Class V student of Srirampur Government Primary School.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Quoting local people, Shailkupa police station officer-in-charge Aminul Islam said that the accident took place on Kushtia-Jhenaidah Highway at noon as a speeding car of IU political science department chairperson Assistant Professor Sherina Khatun hit Rukaiya while she (Rukaiya) was returning home from school, leaving her seriously injured on the spot.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Later, local people rescued the injured and took her to Kushtia General Hospital for treatment where the attending doctors referred her to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Rukaiya succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital in the night, the police official said.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">An unnatural death case was lodged with Shailkupa police station in this connection, the OC added.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Sherina Khatun could not be reached over phone despite repeated attempts for her comment in this regard. She was in the car when the accident occurred.</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Rukaiya, however, was buried at her family graveyard at Modondanga village in the upazila on Friday morning. UNB</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</p>