Staff Reporter :A five-year-old boy died and his playmate received injuries after falling into an abandoned pit on the ground of Hyderabad Ideal School and College at Sukandirbag in Gazipur city on Saturday morning.The decesed has been identified as Romanur Rahman, son of Billal Hossain, a resident in Banomala area of Tongi. The deceased was also a nursery student of Hyderabad Ideal School and College in the area. Injured Pervez Ahmed Sani, 5, son of Amir Ali, was given first aid at a local hospital.Locals said, “Romanur and Parvez fell into a 10-12 feet deep and five feet wide hole, filled with water when they were playing near it on the school campus at Sukandibagh around 10:00am. Rescuers pulled out the boys and rushed them to Tongi General Hospital where doctors declared Romanur dead.”On information, members of Gazipur Fire Services and Civil Defence rushed to the spot and managed to pull out them, Gazipur’s Fire Services and Civil Defence Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) Akhtaruzzaman said.According to sources, a well was dug for setting up a submersible water pump in the school ground but it was later abandoned and filled up with sand. The sand was washed away by heavy rainfall in the last two days.”Police are investigating the incident,” said Mahfuzur Rahman, Inspector (Investigation) of Joydevpur Police Station. The body has been handed over to the family members of the victim, the police official said.
