Helpline ‘109’ and ‘1098’ is open

City Desk:

The government has introduced two ‘toll-free helpline’ for emergency assistance in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) fighter aircraft that crashed in the capital’s Uttara area on Monday.
The toll-free helpline ‘109’ was introduced at the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs’ and ‘1098’ at the Ministry of Social Welfare, said a government press release, reports BSS.

The death toll has risen to 31 people including 25 children, a pilot and a teacher after Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) FT-7 BGI fighter aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area on Monday afternoon.

According to the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR), 31 people have so far been killed in the plane crash till 12pm on Monday and 165 of the injured are now undergoing treatment at 10 hospitals in the capital.