A woman died after being electrocuted at Char Paschimpara village in Kaunia of the Dantabhanga union of Rowmari upazila of Kurigram.
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The deceased was Rasheda Khatun, 45, wife of Nekkar Hossain of the upazila.
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The incident happened when she went to check the charging status of an easybike at her house around 11:45 am on Friday.
According to locals and police, Nekkar kept his easybike on charge with the electric line of the house as usual. But for some reason, the bike was electrified due to a problem with the wire. Rasheda went to the easybike to check it and got electrocuted.
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Later, she died on the way to Rowmari Upazila Health Complex.
Dantabhanga Union Parishad Chairman Rezaul Karim confirmed the matter.