The officer-in-charge of traffic in Birbhum’s Bolpur, Tuhin Jha, 36, was killed after the motorbike he was riding hit a divider on Rabindrabithi bypass in Bolpur town late Monday night.

Eyewitnesses said the police officer, a sub-inspector of police, had received severe head injuries as his head hit an electric post soon after his bike collided with the divider.

Jha, who had earlier served as OC traffic in Rampurhat recently transferred to Bolpur. He was a resident of Englishbazar in Malda and was residing in Bolpur town with his newly married wife.

Police sources said, it is yet to confirm whether he was wearing a helmet but he was riding his bike at a very high speed.

“We recovered a helmet from a bush on the side of the road. Maybe he put on the helmet but did not lock it properly. Many of the eyewitnesses however said he was not wearing the helmet..” said a police officer in Bolpur.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted on Tuesday morning expressing her condolence following the death of the cop.

“Very sad to know that SI Tuhin Jha, OC Bolpur traffic police, only 36, was killed an a road accident yesterday night when returning to his quarters. Specific case started; welfare of the family attended. My sincere condolences and solidarity,” reads the tweet by Mamata.

The chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, also expressed her condolences for Tapas Biswas, 49, the joint block development officer of Howrah’s Shyampur-I block, who was killed in road accident while returning home by his two-wheeler.