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DHAKA, July 22, 2025 (BSS) - The government has introduced two 'toll-free helpline' for emergency assistance in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) fighter aircraft crash in the capital's Uttara area.    
 
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. 
 
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 today and 165 of the injured are now undergoing treatment at 10 hospitals in the capital. 
 
Dr. Md. Sayedur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser on Health and Family Welfare in a press briefing at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery this morning also said that 25 children, a pilot and a teacher were among the deceased.