3-year-old child missing after falling into deep tube well hole in Raozan

A three-year-old child has gone missing after falling into a deep tube well hole in Raozan upazila of Chattogram. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Joynagar village of Ward 7 under Kadolpur union.

Police said the missing child has been identified as Misbah. Raozan police station officer-in-charge Md Sajedul Islam said the child fell into a deep tube well hole near the house around 4 pm.

How the child fell into the hole has not yet been confirmed, he added.

The officer-in-charge said the fire service has been informed, although the exact depth of the tube well hole is still unknown.

A video circulating on social media shows local residents trying to rescue the child using bamboo poles. In the video, a young man can be heard asking the child to hold onto the bamboo.

Earlier, in December last year, a child named Sajid who fell into an abandoned deep tube well hole in Tanore, Rajshahi, was recovered dead after nearly 32 hours.