Father of an SSC examinee was killed by stuck of an arcade while he went to see the seat plan of SSC examination-2020 at Salimganj Girls High School under Salimganj union of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Khorshed Alam, 68, hailed from Moktarampur village under Borikandi union of the upazila in the district.
His son Amirul Islam has appeared in SSC exam from Salimganj ARM High School this year. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nabinagar Police Station Ranojit Roy confirmed the matter. The OC said that the victim died on the spot when the arcade of the school gate crashed on his head.
He also said that as the school gate was locked and at the time some examinees tried to get inside the gate to see their seat plan by using the arcade. In such a situation, Khorshed Alam was hit on the head by breaking the top of the arcade while standing up the ground.
An examinee named Russell Mia was also injured in the incident at that time, OC added. The injured was sent to local hospital. On the other hand, the body of Khorshed Alam was sent to the hospital morgue for post-mortem. An UD case was filed with Nabinagar Police Station over the death inicent, said the OC.
