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.
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.
Source: United News of Bangladesh