Two deaths while digging for 'valuable pillars' in a pond in South Amragachia, Pirojpur

On May 30, 2026, two individuals, Rashid Bepari and Sagar Howlader, died in South Amragachia village, Mathbaria, Pirojpur, after being buried by soil while digging into a newly excavated pond in search of a 'valuable' or 'magnetic' pillar. While local suspicion initially suggested homicide, police investigations confirmed the deaths were the result of an accidental soil collapse during unauthorized excavation.