The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chittagong Correspondent

Four brothers and a sister had to die together when they were trapped inside a blazing room at village Eastern Gohira in Anwara slightly after zero hours on Wednesday.

The victims were identified as Rojina Akhter (10), a student of class IV of local primary school, Akbar Ali (8), Ali Asgar (7), Nizamuddin (5) and Abdul Karim (2). They were the sons and daughter of Mohammad Elias Ali.

Police quoting the neighborhoods said that frantic efforts of the kids to get out of the blazing hut went useless, as their parent had been out closing the kids from outside.

The fire is believed to have originated from mosquito coil that had been placed near the mosquito net at about 10:45 p.m. and spread over their hut quickly roasting the kids alive.

Neighbors said that Elias Ali and his spouse Rahima Khatun went to see one of their relations at a nearby village during the fire incident. The kids had been sleeping at that time.

Collective efforts of the neighborhoods and fellow villagers though doused the flames at about 12:20 a.m. all five kids were charred by then.

Police recovered the charred remains of the kids and took those to morgue for autopsy.

The incident made the villagers shocked like anything. Union Parishad Chairman and senior villagers visited the spot.