Two men were electrocuted in separate incidents in two districts - Khulna and Rajshahi, in four days.
KOYRA, KHULNA: A youth was electrocuted in a paddy field in Koyra Upazila of the district on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Sujan, 18, son of Arshad Gazi of Purva Maharajpur Village.
According to field sources, in the morning when Sujan was fishing in his enclosure, Shilan Sana, son of late Nazrul Sana, kept an electric trap on his land to kill rats. Sujan came in contact to the live electric trap and died.
Rafiqul Islam, elder brother of Sujan, said, "In the morning, my younger brother went to sweep leaves around the fence. As he was late in coming, I went to search for him and found him lying dead in an electric rat trap next to the paddy field. Later on, the police was informed."
It was not possible to talk with the owner of the land.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) (Investigation) of Koyra Police Station (PS) Shah Alam confirmed the news.
RAJSHAHI: A man was electrocuted in Tanore Upazila of the district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar, 55, son of Yunus Ali Sarder, a resident of Mundumala Village in the upazila. He was a trader at Mundamala Bazar.
It was known that Abul Bashar came in contact with live electricity at night while he was trying to switch on an electric water pump at his shop at Mundamala Bazar, which left him dead on the spot.
Being informed, police recovered the body from the scene and handed it over to the deceased's family members following legal procedures.
Tanore PS OC Mizanur Rahman confirmed the incident, adding that an unnatural death case was filed with the PS in this regard.
