Lalmonirhat: A young worker tragically died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at Satpatki area of Mahendranagar union under Sadar upazila this morning. The deceased was Maruf Hossain, 22, son of Abdul Khalek, a resident of Balapara under Rajpur union of the upazila.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Mohammad Nurnabi, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station, reported that the incident occurred around 11am when Maruf and another worker entered the septic tank of a house to clean it. Maruf lost consciousness and died on the spot due to exposure to poisonous gas. The other worker was rescued from the tank, the OC said.