A 45-year-old ticket seller died after falling off a bus in the city's Gabtoli bus stand on Wednesday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Ekhlas Uddin, a resident of the city's Darus Salam area in Mirpur. He was a ticket seller at Matin Travels Bus Counter.

At 12:30pm, Ekhlas fell off the bus while getting on the vehicle at the counter and got severely injured, said bus counter manager Abdur Rouf.

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He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where he succumbed to his injuries around 6pm, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.

The body has been kept in the hospital morgue, he added.