House help 'falls to death', employer arrested in Ctg

A 12-year-old house help died after allegedly falling from the rooftop of a six-storey building in Baizid Bostami area of Chittagong city yesterday.

The deceased Lima Akhter was employed at the residence of one Bakhtair Uddin on the top floor of the building at DOHS residential area, said Officer-in-Charge of Baizid Bostami Police Station Mohammad Mohsin.

Bakhtair's wife Shaheda Akhter took seriously injured Lima at Chittagong Medical College Hospital around 8:00am and doctors declared the girl dead, said the OC.

Sub-Inspector Md Alauddin of CMCH Emergency police camp said Shaheda claimed that Lima fell down from the rooftop when she went there for collecting dry clothes.

Since the matter seemed mysterious police detained her in this connection, said Alauddin.