Bank official dies falling off building in Dhaka

A bank official died after falling from the Navana Tower building in Sabujbagh Madhya Basabo area in Dhaka on Tuesday morning.

The deceased is Shawkat Hossain, 35, a senior officer of Basic Bank Limited, and worked with Fakirapul branch.

Pedestrians rushed him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where on-duty doctors declared him dead around 11am.

Confirming the matter, DMCH police outpost In-Charge Inspector Md Bachchu Mia said the body has been kept in the hospital’s morgue for autopsy and the police station concerned was informed.

Shawkat lived on the fifth floor of the nine-storey building. It is still not known how he fell off the building, he added.