UNB, Cox’s Bazar :
Five people including four members of a family were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of landslide, triggered by incessant rainfall for the last couple of days in Sadar and Ramu upazilas of the district on Wednesday.
Abdur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner, said four members of a family were killed while another injured in a landslide at Rumaliarchhara Bachamiar Ghonain the
district town around 6:30 am. The deceased were identified as Marjina Akhter, 16, Kafia Akhter, 14, Abul Khayer, 8, and Khairunnesa, 6, four children of Jamal Hossain of the area. The incident occurred when a chunk of mud from the hill collapsed on the house of Jamal Hossain while all the house inmates were asleep, leaving four dead on the spot.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed in and recovered the bodies. In another incident, Morshed Alam, 5, son of Zafar Alam of South Mithacharri in Ramu upazila was killed and three others injured when a chunk of mud fell of their house around 7:30 am, leaving one dead on the spot and three others injured. The injured were taken to local hospital.
Five people including four members of a family were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of landslide, triggered by incessant rainfall for the last couple of days in Sadar and Ramu upazilas of the district on Wednesday.
Abdur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner, said four members of a family were killed while another injured in a landslide at Rumaliarchhara Bachamiar Ghonain the
district town around 6:30 am. The deceased were identified as Marjina Akhter, 16, Kafia Akhter, 14, Abul Khayer, 8, and Khairunnesa, 6, four children of Jamal Hossain of the area. The incident occurred when a chunk of mud from the hill collapsed on the house of Jamal Hossain while all the house inmates were asleep, leaving four dead on the spot.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed in and recovered the bodies. In another incident, Morshed Alam, 5, son of Zafar Alam of South Mithacharri in Ramu upazila was killed and three others injured when a chunk of mud fell of their house around 7:30 am, leaving one dead on the spot and three others injured. The injured were taken to local hospital.
