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Landslide kills four of a family in Cox’s Bazar

UNB . Cox’s Bazar
09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 09 Dec 2022 00:03:58
Landslide kills four of a family in Cox’s Bazar

A landslide in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu killed four members of a family living on the foot of a hill Wednesday, the authorities said.

The incident took place at around 8:30pm due to a landslide in Jadi Hill in Lot Ukhiyar Ghona area of Kauarkhop union, Ramu Upazila Nirbahi Officer Fahmida Mustafa said.

The four people killed were identified as Azizur Rahman, 50, his wife Rahima Begum, 45, mother-in-law Dil Faraz Begum, 70, and daughter-in-law Nasima Begum, 20, of Lot Ukhiyar Ghona, he added.

Kauarkup Union Parishad Chairman Shamsul Alam said Azizur and his family members were having dinner at night when the landslide demolished their house. “All of them immediately died from the impact of the collapse.”

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