Four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were killed after the microbus carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch on Sylhet-Tamabil Road under Jaintapur upazila on Friday night, said police.

The deceased were identified as Jubayer Ahsan, 24, son of Jahurul Miah; Nihal Pal, 25, son of Ranadip Pal; Tamal, 24, son of Arju Miah; and Sumon Ahmed, 25, son of Harun Miah, hailing from Nijpat union of the upazila.

Though they did not hold any post, they were actively involved with the politics of Chhatra League.

Of the victims, Tamal was running for the post of general secretary of the upazila unit of BCL.

District unit BCL General Secretary Rahel Siraj confirmed their involvement with BCL.

Wali Ullah Badrul, organising secretary of Sylhet metropolitan unit of AL’s voluntary organisation Swechchhasebak League, said that the BCL activists were going to Jaflong from Nijpat by the microbus at about 11:30pm.

The microbus fell into the roadside ditch when the driver lost control of the vehicle near a bridge on the way to Jaflong, he said.

Later, local people rescued them and sent them to Upazila Health Complex where two of the four young men were declared dead, Wali Ullah said, adding that the rest died from their injuries on the way to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Confirming the matter, Jaintapur police station’s officer-in-charge Md Tajul Islam said that the bodies were kept at Osmani Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations.