Two brothers killed in Khagrachhari landslide

Khagrachhari Correspondent: Two brothers died when their house at the foot of a hill collapsed in Guddongchhara area under Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday morning.

The deceased were identified as Nur Nabi, 14 and Hossain, 10, sons of Mostafa.

Ramgarh police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shariful Islam said that the two brothers were sleeping at their home as usual yesterday night. But, they died as their house collapsed due to landslide triggered by torrential rain on Sunday.

Later, locals recovered the bodies this morning.

The death toll in landslides stood at 155 in five hill districts including Rangamati, the worst affected area where 112 people died so far.


risingbd/Khagrachhari/Jun 18, 2017/Nurussafa Manik/Nasim