At least nine people including two minor boys died in separate incidents in Dhaka yesterday.
Yasmin, 28, a domestic worker, fell off the balcony of a flat on the sixth floor of a 12-storey building located on Dhanmondi Road 11.
Her employer said Yasmin had joined work five days back and slipped off the balcony while watering plants.
Two minors, Mahmud, 5, and Rahat, 7, were playing beside the Al Amin Madrasa in Nawabganj yesterday afternoon when its boundary wall collapsed on them, killing them on the spot. Machineries from a neighbouring construction site crashed into the wall, causing it to crumble down, said Nawabganj police OC Md Saidur Rahman. Rahat was a student of the madrasa.
Rahat’s father claimed that his son died because of the negligence of the authorities responsible for the construction work going on inside the madrasa.
In another incident, a 24-year-old youth named Russel was beaten by a mob to death in the capital’s Shwamibagh area. The mob started beating him after a shopkeeper suspected him as a thief and gathered the crowd by screaming.
Russel’s father said Russel left home on Tuesday evening following an altercation that ensued between them. He got to know about his death yesterday morning.
In Jatrabari, a man named Jalal Uddin, 50, died after being hit by a bus while crossing a road. He was on his way to his younger brother’s house in Kadamtali area around 9am.
Jalal worked as a launch driver and his youngest daughter’s marriage ceremony was scheduled for yesterday, said his nephew Abdur Rashid.
Meanwhile, an unidentified person fell off a five-storey building in Mirpur yesterday morning. His identity could not be confirmed yet.
A sexagenarian was found dead inside the Gabtoli underpass, said Darus Salam police station Sub-Inspector Amanullah.
General Railway Police recovered two bodies from railway tracks in the Jurain Bazar and Kamalapur railway station areas yesterday. Their identities could not be confirmed immediately.