A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building at Jahangirnagar University on Friday night.
The deceased, identified as Md Ariful Islam, 40, reportedly fell from the fourth floor of the under-construction Lecture Theatre building of the Central Library.
The incident occurred around 8:30am.
The construction was going on under the university鈥檚 鈥楩urther development project鈥�, according to university officials.
Ariful was severely injured and was rushed to the university鈥檚 medical centre.
He was later taken to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar where he succumbed to critical injuries around 9:00pm.
Ariful was from Shailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah.
Speaking about the condition of the victim, Ningtam, the attending physician at the JU medical centre, said that the victim鈥檚 facial injuries were severe. 鈥榃e referred him to Enam Medical immediately due to deteriorating condition.鈥�
Mominul Karim, chief engineer of Anik Trading Corporation, the firm responsible for implementing the construction work, said later on Friday night, 鈥楢lthough our work was temporarily halted, some workers remained on site. I heard over phone that a worker had died.鈥�
Expressing shock over the incident, JU vice-chancellor Professor Kamrul Ahsan said that he was to hold an emergency administrative meeting regarding the 鈥榯ragic death鈥� of the worker.
鈥業 want more than just compensation鈥攖here must be proper investigation and accountability,鈥櫬爃e said.
