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Three people were seriously injured after a lift broke loose and plunged inside a building at a government housing project in Mirpur-1, Dhaka, on Friday morning.
The incident occurred around 6am at Building No. 1 of the government officials and employees’ housing project west of the Paikpara Ansar Camp.
The injured were rescued and taken to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) in Agargaon, commonly known as the Pongu Hospital.
The injured were identified as former Prime Minister’s Office employee Mostafizur Rahman, 62, Nais Ahmed, 40, and his eight-year-old son Mohammad Wasi. Nais suffered fractures to both legs.
Md Shahabuddin Ahmed, general secretary of the building’s residents’ committee and a personal officer at the Bangladesh Public Service Commission Secretariat, said the three residents from the fifth floor entered the lift after Fajr prayers.
Shortly afterwards, the lift reportedly broke loose and plunged down with a loud bang.
Hearing the noise, the building’s caretaker rushed to the scene and heard the victims crying for help from inside the lift. Several people from nearby then helped rescue them and take them to hospital.
Mehedi Hasan, duty officer at Mirpur Model Police Station, said police had learned about the incident through various sources but had not yet received a direct report.
“After receiving the information, we have sent our personnel to the spot,” he said.
