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Teenager electrocuted in Kurigram
A 17-year-old teenage boy was electrocuted in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district on Saturday noon.
The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam Raju, son of Yakub Ali Mandal, a former UP member of Telianikuti village in the Bamandanga union.
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Abed Ali, a UP member of Bamandanga Union, said Raju went to unplug the connection of their electric irrigation pump near Muria High School next to his house. Suddenly, he got a massive electric shock. When the students came out of the classroom, they found him hanging with electric wire and informed his family members.
Later, he died on the way to the Upazila Health Complex.
Officer-in-Charge (Investigating) of Nageshwari Police Station Tasbirul Islam said that the body was handed over to the family without autopsy as there was no complaint.
Woman electrocuted to death in Chuadanga
A woman was electrocuted to death in Kedarnagar village of Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night, police said.
The deceased was identified as Rowshon Ara, wife of Asabul Haque of the village.
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Family sources said that Rowshon got a massive electric show after touching the balcony's iron grill that accidentally came in contact with a live wire.
Rowshon died on the spot, said Abdul Alim, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police Station. "No complaint has been received from the deceased's family," he added.
Two electrocuted to death in Natore
Two people were electrocuted to death in Natore on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Ratan Ali, 32, a resident of Hamlaikola village, and Milon Hossain, 28, of Khacchop Bazar area in Gurudaspur upazila.
Mizanur Rahman Suja, Biaghat Union Parishad chairman, confirmed the deaths of the two locals on Tuesday.
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"Ratan was electrocuted while trying to plug an electrical line in his litchi orchard," he said.
"Milon, on the other hand, got an electric shock while repairing a paddy harvesting machine at a shop in Singra upazila. He died on the spot," Mizanur said.
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11 die of electrocution in southern India
Eleven people, including two children, died of electrocution while 15 others sustained burn injuries when a temple chariot they were riding on touched a high-tension wire in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu early on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The tragedy occurred at Kalimedu in the state's Thanjavur district, some 370km from Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai.
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"Of the deceased, two were children, while the injured are being treated at hospital. A case has been registered in the matter and investigation is underway," V Balakrishnan, Tamil Nadu's inspector general of police, told the local media.
Local TV channels aired a video of the tragedy in which the chariot can be seen completely gutted in fire after coming into contact with the power transmission line. The video has gone viral on social media.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin condoled the deaths, saying he was "deeply pained", and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the bereaved families.
Farmer dies from electrocution in Jhenaidah
A farmer was electrocuted to death at Chorkol village of Madhuhati union of Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, 40, son of the late Jaha Box of the village.
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Local journalist Manzur Dhali said the electric meter of Saidul's newly constructed house was displaced due to a sudden storm on Thursday evening. Saidul was electrocuted while trying to set up the meter on Monday morning.
Saidul was rushed to Jhenaidah Sadar hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
As there was no complaint, the body was handed over to the family, said Sheikh Mohammad Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station.
Madrasa teacher electrocuted in Madaripur
A madrasa teacher was electrocuted to death in Maijpara village of Dasar upazila in Madaripur district on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Hafizul Islam, 40, a teacher of Dhaji Nurani Madrasa and son of Aiyub Ali Hawlader of the village.
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Family sources said Hafizul got an electric shock while watering the paddy field near his house on Saturday afternoon.
He was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Farmer electrocuted to death in Natore
A 50-year-old farmer was electrocuted to death in an electric mouse trap laid by his brother on their paddy field in Natore’s Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning, police said.
The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, a resident of Kalikapur Amhati village in the upazila.
Sub-inspector of Natore police station Shafqul Islam said that Nazrul mistakenly stepped on the live wire of the mouse trap set up by his elder brother Anowar on Tuesday night.
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"The tragedy occurred when the victim was on his way to the paddy field on Wednesday morning. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival," the police official said.
However, no case has been filed in this regard, the SI said.
19-yr-old electrocuted in Dhaka
A teenage boy was electrocuted in the capital's North Badda area on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Shakil, 19, son of late Abul Bashar of Balu Thoba village in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district.
Deceased’s cousin Md. Mahbub Hossain said when Shakil, a employee of a steel meter box factory, was sleeping in the factory he came in contact with a live electric wire and fell unconscious.
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Shakil was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at 9.15 am where he was declared dead on arrival.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Bachchu Mia, inspector at the DMCH police outpost.
22-yr-old electrocuted to death in Chandpur
A 22-year-old youth was electrocuted to death in Islampur village of Chandpur on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Tanvir Farazi, son of Shahjahan Farazi. He was a senior student of Islampur Shah Yasin Senior Madrasa.
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Family sources said that Farazi went to a neighbour's house along with his uncle for some electrical work. Unfortunately, he came in contact with a live wire while trying to unplug an electric line.
Farazi was rushed to Chadpur Government General Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. "Legal process is underway for handing over the body to his family," said a sub-inspector of Chandpur Model Thana.
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2 of a family among 3 die from electrocution in Bogura
Three people including a man and his nephew died after being electrocuted in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district on Monday morning.
The victims are Budu Chandra Bhuiyan(65), his nephew Palash Chandra Bhuiyan (35) and their neighbor Khitish Chandra Bhuiyan (30).
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Witnesses said that Budu got electrocuted when he came in contact with an electric wire while cleaning his backyard in the morning.
The wire was connected to an illegally established temporary electric line for an adjacent Durga Puja temple, they added.
Palash, Khitish and four others got electrocuted too when they tried to save Budu.
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The three died on the way while they were being taken to Upazila Health complex.
Among the survivors, a man named Rubel Chandra Bhuiyan is still undergoing treatment at the medical facility while the remaining two were sent home after giving first aid, said Sherpur police station Officer-in charge Shahidul Islam.