A van puller has been killed and two others have been injured as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on them at Dewan Bazar area in Chittagong city.
The deceased is Md Faridul Islam, 50, son of Saheb Ali, from Muradnagar of Comilla, said Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Pankaj Barua of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost.
The injured, Md Rana, 8, a student, and Habibur Rahman, 22, were admitted to CMCH, the ASI said.
Quoting the injured, ASI Pankaj said a boundary wall of an under-construction building collapsed on them while they were passing in the building area beside the Afghan Masjid area of Dewanbazar under Bakalia police station on Wednesday morning, leaving them critically injured.
They were rushed to the CMCH where the on-duty doctors declared Farid dead, said ASI Pankaj.
