STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Ctg

A worker was killed after being trapped in a machine at a brick kiln in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

The incident occurred around 12:30pm at MA Bricks in Paindong.

The deceased -- Raihan Uddin, 18, from Muktagachha in Mymensingh -- had been working at the brick kiln as a machine operator.

Abdul Kaiyum, team leader of the Fatikchhari Fire Service, said Raihan’s leg got stuck in the machine while he was feeding soil into it. At one point, the machine pulled him inside, causing fatal injuries.

He died on the spot, the fire service official said.

Fire service personnel later recovered the body from the machine and handed it over to police for further procedures.

A police team, led by Sub-Inspector Mahmudul Hasan of Fatikchhari Police Station, later sent the body to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

DIFE’s Chattogram Deputy Inspector General Mahbub Hasan told The Daily Star that legal action would be taken as per rules.