11-yr-old falls from a building, dies in Dhaka

An 11-year-old boy playing with other children died after allegedly sustaining serious injuries from a fall from the stairs of a building in the capital on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Md Roman, son of Jahangir of Charfashion upazila in Bhola district. He was a student of Class IV.

Police said that Roman was playing with other children on the stairs of the building in the city’s Hazaribagh Bou Bazar area around 8:00pm when he fell down the stairs.

A critically injured Roman was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where he was declared dead around 9.30pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the hospital police outpost.

The staircase of the building was filled up with rainwater, he added.