A construction worker died after falling from a crane while working at a building in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area on Thursday.
The incident took place at Famous Steel Mills in the BSCIC zone this afternoon.
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The deceased was identified as Rakib Hossain, 19, son of Md Harun Mia of Hajihat village of Manpura upazila of Bhola district. He worked as a painter.
“Rakib was painting the fifth floor of a building from a crane. He suddenly fell off the crane,” Rakib’s brother Jewel Mia said.
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Rakib was declared dead after he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 1:30 pm, said Bachchu Mia, inspector of the DMCH Police Outpost.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding this was informed to the concerned police station.