Two construction workers died after falling from an under-construction mult-storied building in Agargaon of the capital on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Shahadat Hossain, 22, and Md Rokon, 32, of Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj district, reports UNB.

The tragic incident happened at the 14-storey building at West Agargaon around 2:45 pm.

Kabir Hossain, a fellow worker of the victims, said the construction work was going on in different floors of the building.

The two were working standing on a scaffold to build a wall of the building, however accidentally fell to the safety shelf on the second floor after the rope of the scaffold snapped, leaving them critically injured, he further informed.

They were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead around 4:45 pm, Kabir added.

Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost said, the bodies were kept in the hospital morgue for autopsies.