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A 5-year-old boy died on Sunday after falling from the rooftop of a two storied building in the city's Jatrabari area.
The deceased was identified as Md Bappy, son of Md Swapan, a pickup van driver living Islamia General Hospital Lane at North Jatrabari.
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Bappy’s mother Hosne Ara Begum said he went to play with the other children in the neighborhood and at around 2 pm she heard Bappy fell from the rooftop of a building.
He was first taken to local hospitals and later transferred to Dhaka Medical College hospital, where the duty doctor announced his death at 4 pm.
The body was sent for an autopsy, said Bacchu Mia, in charge inspector of DMCH police outpost.
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