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Dhaka: Two domestic help workers found dead in Uttara

| @indiablooms | May 01, 2019, at 04:25 pm

Dhaka, May 1 (IBNS): Bodies of two female domestic workers were recovered from the rooftop of a building at Uttara area in Bangladesh capital Dhaka city, police said on Wednesday.

They are believed to have died after falling off a six-story building. However, police could not confirm what led to their death, reported bdnews24 news portal.

The two women have been identified as Rubi, 17, and Halima, 14.

They used to work in the house of garment businessman Majedul Islam,  Uttara West Police Station chief Tapan Chandra Saha told bdnews24.

Night guards found the injured girls in a state of unconsciousness on the rooftop. They were rushed to Crescent Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared them dead, reported the news portal.

The video footage of the building revealed that the two girls went to the rooftop at 3:32am, the OC told the newsportal.

The activities performed on the rooftop of the building was not captured on the camera.

“We still do not know whether they willingly jumped onto the other rooftop or they were pushed," the OC told the news portal.

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