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13 yr old dies after falling off a bamboo bridge

A class III student died after falling off of a dilapidated bamboo bridge on Sunday noon at Siuguri under Raha P.S.

According to information received, the 13 year old student named Momtaj Begam accompanied by two friends was on her way home at the time. All of a sudden, she slipped off of the wholes of the dilapidated bridge's railing landing on the hard mud below.

She was later declared dead at the hospital.

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