Madrasa night guard Khalilur Rahman killed as under-construction wall collapses in Rupsa, Khulna
Khalilur Rahman Khan (52) has been killed when an under-construction brick wall collapsed in Rupsa upazila of Khulna. The accident happened on Friday morning at Sutal Battala in Debipur village of Naihati Union in Rupsa upazila.
The deceased Khalilur Rahman Khan was the son of the late Ibrahim Khan of Samantasena village in Rupsa upazila. He worked as a night guard at the local Samantasena Darussunnat Alia Madrasa.
Local sources and police said Khalilur Rahman, alongside his duties as a madrasa night guard, also worked as a construction labourer to earn a living. At around 10:45am on Friday he was cleaning a water tank at Didarul Islam’s auto rice mill next to Debipur Sutal Battala. At one stage of the work, the rice mill’s under-construction brick wall collapsed on him. He was seriously injured.
Local people rescued him and took him to the Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Rupsa Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Masum Khan said that after the accident local people rescued the seriously injured Khalilur Rahman and took him to the Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared him dead. He said legal action would be taken in this regard.
