3 of a family die in Sylhet landslide. The army rescue team recovered the bodies of the missing husband and wife and their two-year-old child.
On Monday (June 10) at around 12:30 noon, their bodies were recovered about 7 and a half hours after the landslide.
The deceased are Karim Uddin (31), son of the Late Rafiq Uddin (31), his wife Shamima Akhter Rozi (25) and their two-year-old child Tani. Their house No. 89, Road No. 2 in Chamelibagh area.
Locals said that the landslide happened at 6:30 in the morning. They said that three more injured people were rescued and admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital. The injured in this incident are - Mahmud Uddin, Babul Uddin, Agha Bachchu Uddin, Shafiq Uddin.
After the incident, Fire Service, CSIC staff along with locals conducted rescue operations in search of the missing persons, but they were not found. Later, the army joined the rescue operation.
Jahangir Alam, Ward Councilor No. 35 of CSIC said, 'There were two families living in the collapsed house. Six members of two families were trapped under the collapsed house. Police, Fire Service and we came and rescued three members of a family and sent them to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital. Apart from this, a team of the army started working at the spot in search of the rest of the same family who were buried under the dune collapse. At one stage, the bodies of Karim and his wife and child were recovered. The incident is very shocking.
Confirming the truth of the incident, Mohammad Harun Ur Rashid Chowdhury, OC of Shah Paran Police Station, said that three members of the same family were buried under the house after a half-baked house fell on top of a half-baked house due to rain. Their bodies were recovered and sent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
