Two die as rain triggers landslide in Rangamati

RANGAMATI, July 08 (Agencies): A minor boy and a woman were killed and three others injured on Monday in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall for the last couple of days at Kalabagan in Kaptai upazila.

The deceased were identified as Surya Mallik, 3, and Tahmina, 30, of the area.

A chunk of mud from a hill collapsed on some thatched houses, leaving the child and woman dead on the spot and three others injured, said Anwarul Islam, Chairman of no 1 Chandraghona union parishad.

Local people recovered the bodies.

Downpour continued from Sunday night to Monday afternoon, triggering the landslide that buried two houses at the bottom of the hill at Mali Colony in Kaptai Upazila.

All others in the two families living in those houses escaped.