Youth rescued after falling in 40-feet hole

Fire Service members on Monday rescued a 24-year-old youth who fell into a 40-feet tunnel-like void surrounded by four multi-storied buildings in the city’s Gendaria.
The youth, Salam, fell into the hole around 12:45am early Monday while passing the road, said deputy assistant director of media cell of Fire Service Shahjahan Shikdar.
A rescue team of Sutrapur Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot and heard Selim shouting inside the hole.
A member of the fire service then got down the hole and pulled the trapped man out of it around 2:20am.
Rescuers used breathing apparatus and other equipment to pull him out of the hole.
Salman was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital as he got injured in his back. The exact situation how he fell is unclear.