Staff Reporter :
A teenage boy was suffocated to death and his father fell ill after inhaling smoke of fire in the city’s Kuril area on Sunday afternoon.
The victim has been identified as Nayan Murad, 16, son of Shahjahan Miah, who was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), police said.
Nayan and his father fell ill as they inhaled smoke of the fire that originated at their tin-shed house around 3:30pm, said Bacchu Mia, In-Charge of DMCH police outpost.
They were rushed to DMCH where doctors declared Nayan dead, the police official said. Local people doused the fire within an hour, said Palash Chandra Modok, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.
