A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee and his domestic animal were electrocuted to death in Jashore's Abhaynagar upazila Saturday, police said. Joy Mandal, 18, was from the village Dahar Mashiahati of Sundoli union. Read: Newlywed couple electrocuted in Keraniganj "The 18-year-old came into contact with an earthing wire of an electric pole while taking his cow for a bath. The rope the cow was tethered to got stuck with the wire," Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Model Police Station, said. “As the cow tried to break free, the main wire of the pole got disconnected. Both Joy and the cow came into contact with the live wire and died at the scene," the OC added.

An HSC examinee died after being struck by lightning in Indurkani upazila of the district on Wednesday.