Mymensingh, Feb. 5 -- Three students of a madrasha died and 15 others sustained injuries in a road accident when they were returning to Myemensingh from Tongi's Biswa Ijtema venue by a truck on Sunday night.

The deceased were Nayeem, 13, Sanaullah Sajal, 19, and Fazlul Huq, students of Jamia Islamia Darus Sunnah Qawmi Madrasa of Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh district.

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Of them, Nayeem hailed from the district's Gafargaon upazila while the rest from Bhaluka upazila.

Bhaluka Model Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Jahangir Alam said a total of 30 students of the madrasha went to the Ijtema venue in Tongi to join Akheri Munajat.

After the munajat, when the students we...