Five-year-old falls to her death in well

A five-year-old girl died after she fell into a ring well in Bandarban's Ruma upazila Saturday evening.

Lily Marma was playing with other children near her house at Lung Jiri Para area around 6:00pm when she accidently fell into an open ring well, her bereaved mother Nu Ching said, citing one of the children.

Later locals recovered her and rushed her to Ruma Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared her dead.

Local residents said the cover slab of the opening of the well has been missing for a long time.

“No case has been filed, as the contractor is ready to pay out a compensation of Taka 1,15,000 to the victim's family,” said Shariful Islam Officer-in-Charge of Ruma Police Station.

Ruma upazila nirbahi officer Md Shamsul Alom however said that the OC was declining to accept  a case from them. This was reiterated by Kyaw Sa Prue Marma, a relative of the victim. Marma said, “It is illogical that the OC doesn't take accept a case in this regard. We want to file a case but the OC has declined to accept it and they are offering money.”

“We didn't implement this ring well project, a local NGO did,” said M Mujibur Rahman, Ruma upazila engineer of Public Health department.

It was not possible to contact the well contractor Ahmed Nobi even after several attempts as he was not receiving any phone calls.