Worker dies in wall collapse

A man died and two others were injured when an old boundary wall collapsed on them on Abul Hasnat Road in Bangshal of the capital yesterday.

The deceased was Md Rafiq, 36. Rafiq and the other  two, employed by Dhaka North City Corporation, were placing a slab on a sewage drain adjacent to the wall when it collapsed.

A team of fire fighters retrieved Rafiq's body and rescued the other two -- Alamgir Hossain and Sohel.

Rafiqul Islam, assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, who led the team, said the wall, built with only clay and bricks, surrounded a tin-roofed garage.

He said the wall, which was seven feet high and 30 feet long, probably could not withstand the pressure of the slab slammed on the drain.

The injured workers were taken to a hospital, while Rafiq's body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College Morgue for an autopsy, said Abdul Kuddus Fakir, officer-in-charge of Bangshal Police Station.

An unnatural death case was filed with the police station  in this connection.