Dhaka, Dec 10 (UNB) – A young man was electrocuted in Patuatuli in Old Dhaka on Monday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Shawon, 20, son of Alauddin, resident of Bhautia village in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district.
The electrocution took place as a live electric wire from an under-construction building fall on him while Shawon was going to Agrani Bank in the area around 4:30 pm, leaving him senseless, said eyewitness.
Passers-by took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead, said Bacchu Mia, camp-in-charge at the hospital.