<i>Death plunders little Megha's Eid dream</i>

9 September 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur

Little Megha had come to Dinajpur town from Biral upazila with her relatives for Eid shopping. But death plundered her dreams as she fell victim to an accident and succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital. The three-year-old girl was critically wounded when a bundle of iron rod fell on her while passing by a truck from which the rods were being unloaded. The incident sparked fierce protest and the shops of iron rod traders and others were forced to pull down shutters. Megha was daughter of Manzurul Haque of village Husna under Biral upazila of Dinajpur. Police said the labourers of New Alamin Traders were unloading the iron rods at about 8:30 pm Tuesday from a truck parking in front of the shop on the busiest road at Munshipara. A bundle of rod slipped off and fell on Megha while she was passing by the truck with her aunt on foot. Family members said Megha came to Dinajpur from Biral two days ago to buy a beautiful frock for Eid. And moments before the accident she and her aunt had finished their Eid shopping. Locals rescued her in a critical condition and rushed to Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital but the attending doctors declared her dead. As the news spread, locals burst into protest and locked several shops. The protesters alleged that they several times had complained to Dinajpur traffic authorities about unloading of goods in the middle of busy road but they all fell on deaf ears.