Child died after falling from roof in Khilgaon, to save

Dhaka: A child named Khadija Akhter (5) has died after falling from the roof of a house in Khilgaon Gogan of the capital. While trying to save him, his uncle Ishaq Mia (30) fell from the roof and was seriously injured.

The accident happened on Friday (April 26) at around 2 o’clock.

The seriously injured two were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the child died at around 8:30 pm while undergoing treatment.

It is known that Khadija is the only child of Faisal Ahmed and Hira Begum couple of Kathalia upazila of Jhalkathi. The family used to live in rented house number 148/1 at Gogan Nababi Mor.

At the hospital, Khadija’s grandmother Fatema Begum said that the house has a few rooms on the five-storey roof. He lives there with his son’s family and daughter’s family. But the railing around the roof is very low. Khadija was playing on the roof with other children when everyone was busy with their work in the afternoon. If the child goes to the side of the railing while playing, it is likely to fall out from there. Seeing this, his uncle Ishaq Mia, who was by his side, went to save him, and the child fell down with him from the roof.
On seeing them, both of them were immediately rescued and brought to Dhaka Medical. The child died later that night while undergoing treatment. Ishaq Mia is admitted in the neurosurgery ward in critical condition.

He also said that the child’s father Faisal works in a biscuit factory. And the injured Ishaq Mia works as a mason’s assistant. He is a resident of Brahmanbaria’s Sadar Upazila. They live on the roof of the house in Gogan with their wife Papia Akhtar, two sons and a daughter.

In charge of Dhaka Medical Police Camp, citing the doctor. Bachchu Mia said that the child’s body has been kept in the morgue. The incident was reported to the Khilgaon police station.

Bangladesh Time: 2257 hours, April 26, 2024
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