Girl dies in wall collapse

A primary schoolgirl was killed and three others were injured yesterday as a boundary wall of their school fell on them in the town.

The deceased was Afrin Khatun, 9, daughter of Ayub Ali of Shibrampur village in Sadar upazila, and a student of Class II of Shibrampur Model Government Primary School.

The injured are Afsana Khatun, 7, Ismail Hossain, 6, and Al Amin, 5, of the school.

Headmaster Enamul Haque Siddique said the incident took place around 9:15am when the students were entering the school.

The wall collapsed due to pressure of construction materials like sand and brick chips kept inside the boundary of the under-construction school, leaving four of the school students injured, Enamul said.

The injured were taken to Pabna General Hospital from where Afrin was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.

She later died there around 3:00pm, said Md Obaidul Haque, officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station.

Action will be taken if anybody is found guilty, said Pabna Deputy Commissioner Md Jasim Uddin.

Angry students and guardians tried to stage demonstration blocking Dhaka-Pabna highway in front of the school but police brought the situation under control.