Housewife electrocuted in city
Monday, 11 August 2014
A housewife was electrocuted in Shanir Akhra in the city’s Jatrabari area on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Rahima Akhter, 32, wife of M Yusuf, a resident of Shanir Akhra and hailed from Sonakhola village in Golachipa Upazila of Patuakhali district. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said the woman came in touch with a snapped electric wire while she was setting a television connection around 11.00pm. Seriously injured, Rahima was rushed to DMCH where doctors declared her dead around 11:30pm, according to UNB.