A schoolboy died after being electrocuted in Sharsha upazila of Jashore on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Russell Hossain, 14, son of Anarul Mondol of Setai village under Goga union and an eighth-grade student of Setai ACI United High School.
The accident took place around 10 am when Russell went to collect firewood with his friends in a local mango orchard.
While picking broken branches, he accidentally touched a live electric wire passing through the orchard and fell unconscious.
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He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Abdul Alim, Officer-in-Charge of Sharsha Police Station, said, “An unnatural death case has been filed. As the family raised no complaint, the body has been handed over to them for burial”.