Man, son killed as wall collapses in Ctg alley
Tousif had been very busy for the last couple of days.
Ever since his father informed that they were going on a vacation to India next month, the 13-year-old had started packing and planning.
The seventh grader's joy multiplied when his father, Masudul Huq, 40, a businessman of Boluar Dighir Par area of Chittagong city, promised that they will travel by airplane.
Yesterday, Masudul planned to go to a travel agency in No-2 Gate Area. But first, he had to drop his younger daughter, Taus, a student of class III, at her school.
The teenager, Tousif Mahid, kept on requesting his father to take him with them, while his mother decided to stay home.
So, the father, son and daughter left home around 11:00am and dropped Taus at school in Patharghata area.
Masudul, to save time, took a shortcut through a narrow alley to go to the main road for transportation, while Tousif kept on asking about the trip.
As they were walking past a field of Saint Placid's High School and College, a portion of the field's wall collapsed on them.
Critically injured, the duo was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where they were declared brought dead around 1:30pm, said Assistant Sub-inspector Pankaj Barua of CMCH.
The brick wall was around 70 years old and became weak as the field was being raised and heavy vehicle was used to level the soil, said Ali Akbar, senior station officer of Nandankanan Fire Station.
“My uncle was planning a trip with his family, but now everything has turned upside down. My aunt is too grief-stricken to speak,” said Md Hasnat, Masudul's nephew.
The victims' family claimed that an excavator was being used there, which hit the wall, causing it to collapse. Also the wall was in a derelict state, but no repair work was done, they alleged.
Contacted, Ali Akbar said he did not see any such vehicles there.
Meanwhile, Prodip Louis Rozario, principal of the school, told reporters, “We have started renovation work of the field, which could not be completed due to rain. We are deeply saddened by the incident.”
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