Woman dies after falling into open drain submerged by rainwater in Gazipur

A woman died after falling into an open drain
concealed by rainwater in the Bhogra Bypass area under Gazipur City Corporation
yesterday evening.
The deceased was identified as Nazma Khatun, 26, from
Baladanga area of Satkhira district, said Sabuj Hasan, duty officer of Basan
Police Station.
According to eyewitnesses, heavy rainfall in the
afternoon caused severe waterlogging on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. An
uncovered drain constructed under the BRT project beside the highway became
submerged under the accumulated rainwater.
Unaware of the hidden danger, Nazma reportedly stepped
into the flooded area, fell into the drain and was swept away by the strong
current.
After receiving information, firefighters rushed to
the scene and launched a rescue operation.
Officer-in-Charge Harun Or Rashid of Basan Police
Station said firefighters recovered Nazma's body about 40 minutes after she
fell into the drain. The body was found some distance away from the spot where
she had fallen.
She was taken to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad
Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty physician declared her dead, the OC
said.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue.
Harun said police had been unable to locate any close
relatives of Nazma in Gazipur and had informed police authorities in Satkhira
about the incident.
A similar incident occurred in Tongi, Gazipur, on July
27 last year. A woman named Faria Tasnim went missing after falling into an
open drain. Firefighters recovered her body three days later from a wetland
nearly one kilometre from where she had fallen.
















