Youth crushed under tree at Singra

SINGRA, NATORE, Oct 30: A 40-year-old madrasa director died on Wednesday after being struck by a eucalyptus tree he was cutting at his home in Satpukuria Village of Singra Upazila of the district.

The accident occurred around noon in Itali Union, where Mawlana Rokonuzzaman Ripon Ali was cutting the tree with two workers to make room for an expansion of the women’s madrasa he ran at his home, according to witnesses and local residents.

Ali, the son of late Faruk Hossain, was seriously injured when the tree fell on him. He was taken to the Singra Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Officer-in-Charge of Singra Police Station Rafiqul Islam confirmed the death.