Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- An angry mob has set fire to at least eight buses and vandalised several others in Dhaka's Rampura after a student was killed by a bus that was allegedly racing another amid the ongoing movement for safe roads.

The victim, Md Mainuddin Islam Durjoy, was run over by a bus operated by Green Anabil Paribahan on DIT Road around 10:00pm on Monday. He was a candidate for Secondary School Certificate from Ekramunnesa School, reports bdnews24.com.

Jiban Chowdhury, a resident of Pabna Colony in Malibagh, said the student's body lay mangled after being trampled by the bus near a Lazz Pharma outlet. Witness Nesar Hossain said another person was injured in the accident.

Agitated locals subsequently vandalised and torched the bus ...