Chittagong: Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle on Chittagong- Cox's Bazar highway at Kagojipara in Patia upazila on Saturday morning.

One of the deceased was identified as Mahbubul Alam, 26.

The Chittagong-bound bus hit the Cox's-Bazar bound motorcycle around 7.30am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Mohammad Neyamat Ullah, officer-in-charge of Patia Police Station.

On information police recovered the bodies.

Later, police arrested the bus driver and seized the bus from Shah Amanat Bridge area.