Three die in wall collapse
Three people, including a minor boy, were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of wall collapse in Gazipur and Kushtia yesterday.
In Gazipur, a woman and a two-year-old boy were killed in Kainjanul and Pubail area of Sadar upazila.
The deceased are Selina Akhter, a readymade garment worker and wife of Erajul Haque of Thakurgaon, and Jahid, son of Sumon Miah of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj.
Selina was killed and another injured when a wall of an adjacent house collapsed on her house at Kainjanul village, said Shah Alam, member of ward No 7 under Bhawal Mirzapur union.
Councillor Hossain Ara Siddiq of ward NO 40 said a wall of an adjoining house collapsed on a room around 3:00am, leaving Jahid dead on the spot and his mother and aunt injured.
Away in Kushtia, Rupchand, 52, was killed when a portion of a mud-wall of his house fell on him at Chithalia Mallikpara in Mirpur upazila, said Chithalia UP Chairman Gias Uddin.
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