A construction worker named Sabbir (27) died after falling from the roof of an under-construction four-storey building in Shalbagan area under Chandrima Police Station in Rajshahi city. The accident occurred around 10:30 am on Saturday.
Sabbir’s elder brother, Shakil Ahmed, said that both of them were working together on the fourth floor of the under-construction building. While Sabbir was lifting a wooden plank, he suddenly slipped and fell onto the roof of a two-storey building behind the site, where he died.
Sabbir’s father Abdullah said he had visited the site earlier in the morning and left. A short while later, he received the news that his younger son had fallen from the roof and died.
The building owner, Ismail Hossain, said he was at the market when he heard that a worker had fallen to his death while working at the construction site.
Investigating officer SI Ziaur of Chandrima Police Station said that based on the initial investigation and statements from locals, the worker died after falling from the roof. However, the body has been sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
