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KILLING-INCIDENT
3 killed in separate incidents in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 14, 2018 (BSS) – Three people, including a woman and a
child, were killed in separate incidents in the port city today.
Among the victims, rickshaw-van puller Kamal Uddin, 50, was killed as a gas
cylinder exploded in city’s Sadarghat area this morning.
The cylinder blew off after it fell down when the rickshaw-van puller was
handling it at the ghat of the Karnaphuli river, killing him on the spot,
said Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Police Station.
In another incident, house wife Jaheda Begum, 30, was electrocuted while
she came in contact with a live electric wire in city’s Tulatali area under
Bakalia thana.
Relatives sent Jaheda to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where
the attending doctors declared her dead.
Meanwhile, child Meherina, 3, killed after sinking into a pond at
Charpatherghata under Karnaphuli thana around 8 am today, said Alauddin, sub-
inspector of CMCH police outpost.
Three separate UD cases were lodged with respective police stations in
these connections.
BSS/MAM/SSS/1755 hrs