Mong Raja" Paihalaprue Chowdhury dies in road crash

Marma Circle Chief -- locally known as the "Mong Raja" -- Paihalaprue Chowdhury was killed in a road accident at Ramgarh upazila of the hilly district Khagrachhari this morning, our Khagrachhari correspondent reports. He was 52.

Another 28-year-old woman, named Maleka Begum, of the district was also killed while several others sustained injuries in the accident.

The accident took place at about 7:00am when the driver of a Saudia Paribahan, carrying the Mong circle chief from the capital to Khagrachhari, lost control over the steering and toppled down on a nearly 100 feet roadside ditch, killing the "Raja" and the woman on the spot, our correspondent reports.

The injured were rushed to Ramgarh Upazila Health Complex.