Rangpur, Nov. 15 -- Two passengers were killed after allegedly being kicked off a moving bus following a fare dispute on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila on Sunday morning.

The deceased were identified as Mukul Islam, 28, son of Kalu Mia, and Shakib Bosunia, 22, son of Lokman Bosunia, both from Basuniapara village in Charaikhola union of Nilphamari Sadar upazila.

According to police, the victims' families and local sources, six construction workers from the same locality were returning from Cumilla on a bus of Saimon Exclusive Paribahan when an argument broke out between them and the bus staff over fares.

When the bus reached Taraganj, the staff allegedly kept one of the workers, Atique, on board against his will and fo...