A young worker died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at Satpatki area of Mohendranagar union under Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was Maruf Hossain, 22, son of Abdul Khalek, a resident of Balapara under Rajpur union of the upazila.
According to Mohammad Nurnabi, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar police station, the incident occurred around 11am when Maruf and another worker entered the septic tank of a house to clean it. Maruf lost consciousness and died on the spot due to exposure to poisonous gas.
The other worker was rescued from the tank, the OC said.
