Two killed in separate incidents

Two persons, including a mason, were killed in separate incidents in Chittagong on Wednesday.

The victims are mason Saiful Islam, 32, hailed from Gaibanda district and day labourer Mohammad Solaiman, 52, of Bagherhat district.

Solaiman was electrocuted while collecting green coconut from the tree in Dostirhat area of Satkania upazila of the district around 10:00am.

He was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where the physicians declared him dead on arrival.

Besides, Saiful received severe injuries after falling from an under construction seven-storey building in the port city’s Hill View area in the morning.

Locals brought him to the CMCH where he succumbed to his injuries after admission.