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A youth died after allegedly being thrown off the sixth floor of an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Wednesday afternoon.

The deceased is Sahidul Hasan Jitu, 23, a day labourer.

The incident took place on Isha Khan Road in Paikpara.

Sahidul was found in a bloodied state at the bottom of the building’s open elevator shaft. He was taken to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation where he died while undergoing treatment, said Mizanur Rahman, assistant commissioner of police (Mirpur zone).

Police arrested one person named Md Sabbir, 23, after the victim’s mother filed a case against him and two other unnamed persons, the police official said. During initial interrogation, the arrestee admitted to killing Sahidul.

Sazzat Romon, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said Sahidul and Sabbir were friends.

A dispute ensued between Sahidul and Sabbir over admitting Sahidul’s father to a drug rehabilitation centre, which led to multiple altercations between them.

According to police, Sabbir called Sahidul to meet him in front of the 10-storey under-construction building saying he wanted to settle their dispute. As Sahidul arrived there at around 3:30pm, Sabbir took him to the sixth floor where two or three unidentified individuals were waiting.

An argument ensued, and at one stage they pushed Sahidul into the building’s open elevator shaft.