A 17-year-old boy died this evening after falling from the 12th floor of a multi-storey building in the capital’s Kamalapur.
The deceased was identified as Shafayet Ahmed. He was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead at 7:30 pm, confirmed DMCH Police outpost In-charge Inspector Bachchu Miah.
Shafayet’s father Shah Alam said he was suffering from mental problems. Shafayet lived with his family on the 12th floor of the 17-storey building.
While running to enter the lift, Shafayet slipped and fell from the balcony, said Alam.
Shafayet was an HSC examinee at Sher-e-Bangla Railway School and College. He was the eldest of two brothers.