Orphanage roof collapse injures over 50

Roof collapse injured are taking treatment at a hospital in Chandpur. Photo: UNB
Roof collapse injured are taking treatment at a hospital in Chandpur. Photo: UNB

Around 50 students and a teacher were injured as the dilapidated roof of an orphanage collapsed in Matlab Uttar upazila of Chandpur on Saturday night, reports UNB.

Twelve of the injured -- Sihab, 14, Ainuddin, Nahid, 13, Sabbir, 13, Ibrahim, 13, Tariqul Islam, 13, Abdul Aziz, 13, Sajib, 15, Abdullah, 14, Rahman, 15, Nahid, 14, and senior assistant moulvi Mohammad Hossain, 50 -- were undergoing treatment at a local hospital.

Twenty-five victims took treatment at Matlab Uttar Upazila Health Complex while some others at Matbal South Upazila Health Complex.

Siam, 10, who was injured critically, was referred to Dhaka for better treatment.

Md Masud Al, a second year student of Farazikandi Alia Madrasa, said separate teams of Farazikandi Al-Amin Orphanage take part in the Victory Day parades at the National Parade Ground, Chandpur Stadium and on the upazila parishad premises every year on 16 December.

As part of the preparations, over 100 students went to the rooftop of the building where their team leader Mohammad Hossain was making a list of the participants.

However, the roof caved-in along with the students and the teacher, leaving over 50 injured.

Chandpur deputy commissioner Md Majedur Rahman Khan, additional DC Mohammad Shawkat Osman, superintendent of police Md Mahbubur Rahman and Matlab Uttar upazila executive officer Sharmin Akhter visited the spot and the victims at hospitals.

Shawkat Osman said the orphanage building was declared abandoned after the accident.