Dhaka: A Sub-Inspector (SI) of Rupnagar police station was killed as a bus hit his motorcycle from rear side at Rainkhula on Mirpur Zoo Road in the city on Sunday afternoon.

SI Uttam Kumar, 32, was heading towards Rainkhula on Mirpur Zoo Road from Sony Cinema Hall riding on a motorbike in the afternoon. When he reached near Rainkhula under Shah Ali police station at around 4:15 pm, a bus of ‘Eagle Paribahan’ hit the motor cycle from its rear side, said Officer in-charge of Shjah Ali Police station Md Anwar Hossain.

Uttam Kumar died on the spot, he added.

Police arrested the driver of the bus, Belal Hossain, 38, and his assistant from the spot.