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Electric rat trap kills farmer in Khulna
A farmer reportedly died after being electrocuted in a rat trap at Gazinagar village in Bagali union of Koyra upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Khokon Morol, 45, son of Ismail Morol of the upazila.Locals found the body in a paddy field of Raja Badshah, son of Rafiqul Gazi on Thursday morning and informed the police.
Read: Youth dies after falling off train in CtgAccording to the locals, Rafiqul Gazi set a trap with an electric wire to protect his paddy field from the rats menace.On Wednesday night, when Khokon Moral landed in the paddy field, he was struck by an electric wire and died.On information, police recovered the body, said Ibrahim Hossain, sub-inspector of Amadi police camp.
Electric rat trap kills farmer in Khulna
A farmer in Khulna's Koyra upazila was electrocuted to death Wednesday night by an electric rat trap installed in a rice field.
The deceased was identified as Khokon Morol, 45, son of Ismail Morol of the upazila.
Locals of village Gazinagar in Bagali union found the body in the rice field of Raja Badshah, son of Rafiqul Gazi, Thursday morning and informed the police.
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Rafiqul installed an electric rat trap to protect his rice field from the infestation of rats, they said.
Wednesday night, Khokon was electrocuted as he stepped on the live wire of the rat trap in the rice field while walking in the darkness, said Ibrahim Hossain, sub-inspector of Amadi Police Camp. "On information, police recovered the body."
The use of electric traps for rat control is not recommended as they are too risky to use and can cause the death of animals and people in rice fields.
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