Dhaka, April 24 -- Three people, including a former municipal councillor, were injured after a wall collapsed during a local mediation meeting in Brahmanbaria.

The incident occurred around 9:30pm on Thursday at the Humayun Kabir Municipal Primary School ground in the Paikpara area of the district town, according to Zahirul Haque, senior vice-president of the district BNP, who was present at the meeting.

The injured were identified as former Brahmanbaria Municipality councillor Ahsan Ullah Hasan, 45, Turjo Das, 13, and Akhi, 19.

According to locals, Subrata Das was injured late last year when an iron frame fell from an under-construction multi-storey building in Paikpara. He later died while undergoing treatment.

A local mediation meet...