A worker died on Tuesday after being crushed under the sand while extracting sand with a dredger machine in Sylhet’s Gowainghat, upazila’s Sari river.
The deceased was identified as Noor Muhammad (19) of the Baurbhag Haor area.
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Quoting locals, police said, when he got down to check a faulty pipe while extracting sand, he was crushed under it.
Locals rescued and rushed him to the Gowainghat Upazila Health Complex where the duty doctor declared him dead.
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Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Gowainghat, Police Station said, his body was sent to Sylhet MAG. Osmani Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Legal action will be taken in this regard, he added.