Dhaka, May 9 -- Sheikh Russel gold medalist young scientist Taher Mahmood Tarif (21) lost his life in a road accident.

Tarif died on the way to Dhaka on Tuesday (May 7) in the evening. Earlier, he was seriously injured in a road accident at Kalikapur on Ishwardi-Pabna highway around 1 pm. Tarif is the son of late Abdus Samad of Mashuriapara Bakul Mor area of Ishwardi town.

Locals said that Tarif was going to Pabna in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw. On the way, the autorickshaw hit a truck standing on the road at Kalikapur.

Tarif was seriously injured. He was rescued from there and taken to Pabna General Hospital. Doctors sent him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after first treatment. He died in Tangail in the afternoon on the way to tak...