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Vol. 5 Num 856 Sat. October 21, 2006  
   
Metropolitan


Mother, son succumb to burn injuries


A mother and her son succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.

Asia Begum, 50, died in the early hours while Shaheb Ali, 35, died at 7:00am.

Shaheb Ali's wife Shilpi Begum is also undergoing treatment at the burn unit of DMCH in a critical condition.

All three suffered burn injuries on October 14 when at least 150 shanties and several plastic factories gutted into fire at Nizambagh in city's Kamrangirchar area.