Child dies after falling into Ctg tube-well shaft

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 28 (UNB): A three-year-old child who fell into a 30-feet deep hole dug for a tube well in Raozan upazila of Chattogram died on Wednesday night, shortly after being rescued.

Fire Service officials said the child, Mejbah Uddin, son of Saiful , was declared dead by physicians around 8:30 pm.

He fell into the narrow hole about one foot wide and 30 feet deep around 5:30 pm.

Upon receiving information, rescue operations were launched immediately under the leadership of the Deputy Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram.