Four electrocuted in Patuakhali

Four people including a man and his two daughters have died of electrocution in Baufal upazila in Patuakhali district. The incident occurred when a live electric wire fell on a pond in Dhalaparha village in Friday afternoon, Baufal Police Station OC Md Asaduzzaman said. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hai, 55, his daughters Bina Begum, 22, and Mahua Begum, 20, and his brother-in-law ‘Ibrahim’, 45. Hai was catching fish in the pond when an overhead power cable snapped and fell in the water, Kalisuri Union Parishad Chairman Md Rahman Ali said. He said the other three died in trying to rescue him from the electrified water. Police had taken the bodies to the police station, the OC said, according to a news agency.

-mbz