2 workers killed in Rangamati landslide

News Desk:

Two workers were killed in a landslide at Betbunia Manaipara in Kawkhali upazila of Rangamati district on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Peyar Mohammad, 50, son of Kabir Ahmed Mistri and Sufol Barua, 38, son of Anjan Barua of Kawkhali Upazila in the district.

SS Shahidul Islam, sun-inspector of Kawkhali Police Station, said two construction workers were erecting a concrete wall in a house of Sadhan Barua, a teacher of a local Government Primary School,  on Friday morning.

Suddenly, a big chunk of mud from an adjacent hill fell on them, leaving the two workers dead on the spot.

On information, a team of police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.