Dhaka, June 27 (UNB) - A construction worker was electrocuted while doing piling work in Natun Bazar area of the city on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Samiul, 21, hailing from Balurchar village in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur district.
Saju Islam, a coworker of the victim, said Samiul was engaged in the piling work at an under-construction building when he suddenly came in contact with a live electric wire around 12:30pm.
He was taken to a nearby local hospital and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctor pronounced him dead, said Inspector Bachchu Mia of the DMCH Police Camp.