Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- A police constable has been killed after a car ploughed into his motorcycle in Munshiganj's Gazaria Upazila.

The accident took place at Baluakandi along the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway around 9am on Friday, said Sub-Inspector Shawkat Hossain of Bhaberchar Highway Police.

The constable, 44-year-old Zillur Mia, was the son of Auhid Mia, who runs a sweetmeat business in Rasulpur village.

He worked as a constable at the Narayanganj police superintendent's office.

Witnesses said that Zillur was heading home to Rasulpur on his motorcycle when a Cumilla-bound car from Dhaka struck the two-wheeler near the Baluakandi Bhuiyan Petrol Pump and sped off.

Later, locals rescued him and took him to the Gazaria Health Complex, whe...