Atiqul Islam, the khadem of Eidgah Mosque at Dhanmandi-6 died from electrocution on Wednesday, police said.
Atiqul hailed from IItna upazila in Kishoreganj district.
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The incident took place at around 11: 00 am when Atiqul was mowing the mosque’s field by an electric machine, said Abdul Jalil, a worker of the mosque.
Accidentally, Atiqul a live wire of the machine and fell down unconscious, Jalil added.
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He was rushed Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in -charge of the DMCH police Camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.