Two people were electrocuted while trying to hoist the national flag on the occasion of Victory Day in Gazipur’s Tongi this morning.
The deceased were identified as Aynal, 35, son of Kosimuddin from Naogaon, and Ashraful, 45, son of Abdus Sattar of Gaibandha.
They worked at a construction site in Fakir Market area in Tongi.
Witnesses said the duo came in contact with a live electric wire while trying to hoist the national flag around 7 amon Saturday.
They were immediately rescued and taken to Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital in Tongi where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
Police recovered the bodies and sent them to the hospital morgue for autopsies, said Mustafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tongi East Police Station.
Legal actions will be taken in this regard, he added.