Four people died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Goali village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Imtiaz Alam,24, son of Taijuddin, Babu Sardar,36, son of Banij Sardar, and Delbar Ali,45, son of Akalu Sardar, residents of Goali village and Ratan,35, son of Akhter Rahman, a resident of Raghunathpur village of the upazila. Locals said Ratan lost consciousness after inhaling toxic gas when he went inside the septic tank of Toijuddin’s house in the area for cleaning at about 7:00am. As Toijuddin’s son Imtiaz Alam went inside the septic tank for rescuing Ratan, he also lost consciousness due to toxic gas inhalation. Then Babu and Delbar also went inside the tank for rescuing Imtiaz and Ratan and they also lost consciousness due to toxic gas inhalation. Later, the four were rescued by local people and rushed to Naogaon Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared them dead. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Jakirul Islam confirmed the incident. — Naogaon, July 7 (UNB)
