Additional IGP killed in Congo road crash

An additional inspector general of Bangladesh police was killed in a road crash in Congo on Sunday during her visit to a UN peacekeeping mission there. Rowshan Ara Begum died on the spot in a collision between a civilian lorry and the vehicle carrying her and others on the way to a Medal Parade of the Bangladesh Female Police Unit (BANFPU) in Kinshasa, the capital, around 6:30am local time, said Md Sohel Rana, assistant inspector general at police headquarters. The driver and two other passengers including Farzana, commander (SP), BANFPU, are safe, he added.