2 electrocuted while trying to put up Argentina flags

Two football fans died while trying to put up the flags of Argentina in Dhaka and Munshiganj Saturday and Sunday ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, reports UNB.

A young man died from electrocution while trying to put up the flag of Argentina on a two-storey building in the Dakkhin Jatrabari area in the city Sunday morning.

The dead is Sajal (22), worker of a surgical equipment workshop of the area, and son of Abdul Jabbar.

Witnesses said Sajal fell from the terrace of a two-storey building when he came in contact with a live electric wire while trying to put up the flag of Argentina ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Earlier Saturday, a 12-year old school boy met with the same fate in his attempt to put up the flag of Argentina on a mango tree at Gopalpur village in Sirajdikhan Upazila in Munshiganj.

The victim is Shihab Hossain, a student of class VI of Shekhor Nagar Ray Bahadur Institute in the area.