A 40-year-old woman died after being electrocuted in Nilphamari on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Jamila Khatun, wife of Bhutto Mia from Charapar Burirdanga village in Itakhola Union, Sadar upazila.
Locals said an exposed live electric wire had fallen on the bamboo fence of a duck farm in the area and Jamila was electrocuted when she touched the fence while passing by the farm.
Itakhola Union Parishad Chairman Hedayet Ali Shah Fakir confirmed the incident.
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