Dhaka, April 1 -- A youth has died after falling from the rooftop of a six-storey building in the capital's Motijheel area.

According to eye witness and police, the accident took place on Tuesday afternoon at Arambagh's Miazan Goli.

The deceased, identified as Ripon (25), was the son of the late Md Hossain and a resident of Sheikh Shaheb Bazar, Lalbagh. He was visiting his cousin's house when the accident took place.

Family members rushed Ripon to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition around 4pm, where doctors proclaimed him dead upon examination.

Md Faruk, in charge of the DMCH police outpost, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.

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