2 electrocuted in Chittagong

CHITTAGONG, Jun 26 (UNB): A rickshaw-puller and a night guard were electrocuted at Ambagan in the city's Khulshi area early Thursday.

The deceased were identified as rickshaw peddler Mohammad Hanif alias Bachchu, 27, and night guard Mohammad Mintu, 40.

Nayek Abul Bashar of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police camp said Hanif came in tough with a live electrical wire around 1am while recharging the battery of his rickshaw at the garage of Babul.

Mintu also got electrocuted as he came in the help of Hanif. They were rushed to the CMCH where doctors declared them dead.