Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Two workers were killed and five others injured in a mudslide while working at the site of an under-construction building of a primary school in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 62, of Charkura village, and Jelkat, 68, of the same village of Kamarkhand upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Rafiqul Islam said a group of seven workers were digging soil for the foundation work of the extended building of Dhanbandhi Govt Primary School at Dhanbabandhi, reports UNB.
Suddenly, a chunk of mud fell on them around 3:30pm, leaving them injured.
They were taken to hospital where two of them succumbed to their injuries, the OC said.
The bodies were sent to Sadar Hospital for autopsy.