Manjurul Islam, a security guard at an apartment block in Dhaka’s West Nakhalpara neighbourhood, is in jubilation after hearing the news of the death of Arian Alam Deptto, who was one of the casualties who died when a BMW sedan crashed in Toronto. was broken on Monday.
“When Dipto and his family moved here, he was still in primary school. I saw him grow up before my eyes,” she said crying.
The death of their youngest child in the tragedy has left Dipto’s parents bedridden.
The father, ATM Alamgir, a real estate business owner, said one of his daughters, who lives in the US, traveled to Toronto to arrange for her brother’s body to be taken to Dhaka.