A four-year-old child who fell into an abandoned hole dug for a deep tube well in Raozan upazila of Chittagong was recovered dead on Wednesday evening after a four-hour rescue operation. The child, identified as Mezbah Uddin, went missing around 4:30pm after falling into the hole in Joynagar village of Kadulpur union. Fire Service personnel recovered him at about 8:30pm and took him to Raozan Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead. Family members and local residents said the hole for a government deep tube well had been dug four to five years ago about 30–40 feet from their home, but the tube well was never installed. According to the Fire Service, the child fell at least 20 feet into the hole while playing in the afternoon.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 28, 2026 21:24 UTC