Eight people including four of a family have died in nor’wester in four upazilas of Netrokona on Sunday night.
Abdullah Al Nazrul, district intelligence officer, has confirmed about deaths to the Dhaka Tribune.
The four deceased of a family of Kalmakanda were identified as Afroza Akter, 28, Sagar Ahmed 10, Rana, 7 and Jony, 4. They were killed in wall collapse of the house as nor’wester lashed it.
The rest of dead are Mamun, 11, of Kalmakanda upazila, Emdad, of Barhatta upazila, Habibur Rahman alias Fazar Ali, 90, of Sadar upazila and Suma Akter, 9, of Mohonganj upazila.
When contacted, Netrokona Police Superintendent Md Zakir Hossain said: “A storm swept through Sadar, Barhatta, Mohonganj and Kalmakanda upazilas of the district between 10pm and 12:00pm, killing eight people and damaging lots of houses.”
