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At least 10 persons were killed and nearly 50 others injured today in a stampede during a religious function over the death of a former Chittagong Mayor. According to a media report, the toll might rise as several others have been injured in the incident at a convention centre in the port city’s Jamal Khan area.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury, the Chittagong Metropolitan Awami League Chief, had served the city corporation for 16 years. He died on Friday at the age of 73.
Late ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury’s family announced Tk 100,000 as compensation for each of the families of the victims who died in the stampede, Zawaharlal Hazari, Deputy Office Secretary of City unit Awami League (AL) told journalists today.
The families will also receive an additional Tk 5,000 each for the funeral from Mohiuddin Chowdhury’s family. Besides, the ex-mayor’s family will bear the treatment cost of the injured people, said Hajari, who was in charge of the event at the Rima community centre.