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Wall collapse kills three

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Three construction workers were killed and two others injured when a basement wall of an underconstruction building on Sonargaon Road in the capital collapsed on them yesterday.
The dead are Ayub Ali, 35, Abul Hossain, 40 and Billal Hossain, 18, fellow workers said.
According to witnesses, a basement wall about 20 feet below the ground level on one side of the planned 22-storey building -- Abdul Momen Finance City Tower -- partly gave in at about noon.
"A group of 21 workers were
dumping sand between a row of piling pillars and temporary brick wall to strengthen them to prevent collapse of earth from the adjacent land during construction. Six of the workers were between the row of pillars and the wall as it collapsed," said Arman, a co-worker.
"Of the six, one managed to escape, two were injured while three were buried under sand, bricks and iron rods," Arman narrated to this correspondent.
About 25 workers instantly tried to dig them out but failed. Eventually, a crane at the construction site removed the pile of sand,
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bricks and iron rods only to find the three workers dead.
The two injured -- Zafar Hossain and Md Manik -- were rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Zafar was admitted there and Manik was released after first aid.
The dead bodies were sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Construction of the building started about a year ago, being carried out by two subcontractors. But their names could not be known.
Sources at the construction site seeking anonymity blamed the construction workers for the accident, saying they were not supposed to go so close to the wall that collapsed. Construction of the temporary wall was completed on Monday and it needed time to dry up and become strong enough, they mentioned.
"As a matter of fact, the wall was still fragile, and the sand being dumped to support the wall was also wet due to rain late Monday evening," explained an engineer at site, requesting not to be named.
No workers were seen using safety helmets to prevent head injuries. The office room at the construction site was found deserted.
An unnatural death case was lodged with Dhanmandi Police Station by major (retd) Khairul Bashar, managing director of Abdul Momen Ltd which owns the building, the duty officer said last night.
A similar incident about a month ago claimed two lives at the site of the under- construction Falcon Tower at Shaheenbagh in the capital.