A 75-year-old man slipped and fell while trying to board a moving bus at the Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Sheikh Ladu, a resident of Ekbalpore Road, died of injuries later.

He was trying to board the bus around 1.30pm when the accident occurred, the police said.

“The elderly person started running after the bus… he tried to board the bus while it was moving. He slipped and fell on the road. Luckily, he did not come under the tyres,” an officer of Maidan police station said.

Ladu did not lose consciousness; but he sustained injuries to the waist. He helped cops contact his family while on way to SSKM Hospital.

He died while being taken to a private hospital by his family members, the police said.

“There were no bleeding injuries. He was stable and talking about his family. We thought he had escaped a big accident despite his age. It is sad to know that he passed away hours later,” said the officer.

The bus is still to be identified.

Dear mother

Missionaries of Charity nuns at the tomb of Mother Teresa in Mother House on AJC Bose Road on the occasion of the 110th birthday of Mother Bishwarup Dutta

Missionaries of Charity nuns celebrated the birthday through prayers and distribution of cake among the poor.

A mass was held by the Sisters in the chapel at Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity.

But unlike previous years, no outsiders were allowed inside to take part in the mass to mark the birthday of the order’s founder as a preventive measure against Covid-19.

“Every year many people visit Mother House and pray with us on this day. This year, we decided not to allow any outsider to participate in the mass to maintain Covid-19 restrictions,” a nun said. But many people offered floral tributes through the windows.

Soon after the mass the nuns came out of the chapel and sang Happy Birthday at the tomb of Mother, like they do every year.

A cup of coffee and bread are distributed among the poor from Mother House at 7.30am every day. On Wednesday, a piece of cake was added to the menu, the nun said.

The Catholic Association of Bengal organised a mass at St Thomas’ Church on Middleton Row to celebrate Mother’s