14 hurt as lift collapses at Old Dhaka court

Fourteen people including the lift man were injured after an elevator of the District and Sessions Judge Court in the Old part of Dhaka collapsed this morning.

Seven of the injured -- Shujon, 22, Sowad, 35, Shumon, 25, Mithu, 25, Jahangir, 50, Ayub Ali, 58 and Sultan Ahmed, 31, -- were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the hospital sources said.

Among the injured, Soad, Mithu, Ayub Ali and Sultan Ahmed are lawyers, Shumon is a bench assistant (peshkar), Jahangir is the lift man, and Soad is a lawyer.

The incident occurred around 10:00am at the court premises.

Meanwhile, a four-member probe committee led by an additional district judge was formed to investigate the incident.