A man and a woman were killed yesterday when heavy rainfall brought a rain-sodden boundary wall crashing down on them near Purba Madarbari rail gate in Chittagong city.
The deceased woman was waiting for her son, who was at a nearby coaching centre, when the wall gave way, Sadarghat police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mainul Islam Bhuiyan said. The deceased are Jannatul Ferdaus, 30, of the Purba Madarbari area and Sudip Chakravarti from Senbag upazila in Noakhali.
Quoting witnesses, the OC said a Bangladesh Railway boundary wall collapsed on the two victims around 10:30am, killing Jannatul instantly and leaving Sudip critically injured.
Agrabad fire fighters rescued the injured man and sent him to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital where he was declared dead.
Jannatul was a housewife and Sudip was the manager of a transport company.
A large number of bricks had been stacked against the inside of the wall that put pressure on it. The heavy rainfall likely triggered the collapse, Fire Service said. The bodies were sent to Chittagong Medical College morgue for post-mortem.
