Three children die in Moulvibazar landslide

Three children lost their lives in a landslide on a hill in Kulaura, Moulvibazar on Saturday.

The incident took place at noon in the Bhatera rubber garden at the Islamnagar area of Bhatera union inside Kulaura upazila.

The deceased are Poshchim Islamnagar area resident Toslim Miya’s son Sumon Ahmed (15), Abdus Salam’s son Nahid Ahmed (14) and Abdul Karim’s son Abdul Kabir (nine).

Local sources said the boys went inside the rubber garden at 2:00pm. They fell into a hole at the Ghagrachhora hill while trying to catch birds. Then a landslide at the hill area seriously injured them. They were being taken to Fenchuganj Upazila Health Complex in Sylhet. But they passed away on the way.

Kulaura police station officer-in-charge Binoy Bhushon Ray confirmed their deaths in a phone call at 5:00pm. The police, at the time, were on their way to the spot.