Mother, two children die from electrocution in Barishal

A mother and her two children have died after they were electrocuted by a torn rural power transmission line in Barishal's Bakerganj, reports bdnews24.com.

The incident occurred in Dhalmara village in the upazila's Niamati union around 11:45am on Saturday, said Bakerganj Police Station OC Afzal Hossain and Mohammad Saifur Rahman, the upazila executive officer.

The dead were identified as Sonia Begum, 28, her nine-year-old son Salman, and her 12-year-old daughter Rejbina.

Mumtaz Begum, the wife of UP Ward-4 Member Mostafa Kamal Howladar, said the power line running over the garden of a nearby home tore and fell into a ditch next to the road.