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'My son and wife could not have Iftar'

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  10 Jun 2024, 20:08

'My son and daughter-in-law were fasting. They ate Sehri, they could not have Iftar. God took them before that.' Yasmin Begum grieved.

The bodies of Karim Uddin, his wife Shamima Akhter Rozi and their two-year-old son Tani were recovered from Sylhet on Monday (June 10). They have been fasting since last Saturday on the occasion of the month of Dhul Hijjah. They did not take Iftar after Sehri on Monday. All three were killed when a mound collapsed on their house while they were sleeping.

Yasmin Begum who lost her son, daughter-in-law and grandson said, I have two sons, two daughters. Of the two sons, Rahim is the eldest and Karim is the younger. Karim works at a travel agency in Sylhet city.

'Before 7 am on Monday, I left my eldest son's room with my two grandsons. Rahim's six-month-old daughter and Rahim's wife Tahmina were at home. In another room there were Karim, his wife Shammi and their two-year-old child were sleeping. At 7 o'clock in the morning, when everyone sleeping in the house, the soil of the mound collapsed on the house. At that time, the eldest son's wife was able to come out of the house unharmed with the younger child, but my elder son Rahim was buried under the ground. Then, the residents of the neighborhood went ahead and rescued Rahim. However, they could not rescue anyone from Karim's house.

Ward councillor Jahangir Alam said, 'Two families used to live in the collapsed house. Six members of two families were trapped under the muddy house due to the landslide. Police, fire service and we rescued three members of a family and sent them to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. In addition, an army team started working on the spot in search of the rest of the same family who were buried in the landslide. At one stage, the bodies of Karim, his wife and child were recovered. The incident is very tragic.

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