59-year-old woman dies falling from rooftop in Wari

Dead body.

Dhaka, Mar 15 --A 59-year-old mentally challenged woman died after falling from the rooftop of a five-storey building in the city's Wari on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Monowara Begum, wife of the late Abdus Salam of Solai village in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district, said Inspector Md. Faruk, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police Outpost.

Family members said Monowara lived on the fifth floor of a building at 9 Chandramohan Basak Street under Wari police station. 

Around 1:30 pm, she suddenly fell from the roof and was seriously injured.

Later, relatives rescued her and brought her to the emergency department of DMCH, where doctors declared her dead at 2:15 pm.

The body was kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy, added the police official. - UNB