Man electrocuted

A man died from electrocution in Jhenidah town on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Akkas Ali, 50, son of late Samer Ali Mandal, a resident of Goyeshwar village of Jhenidah Sadar upazila. He used to work as a night guard in Bazar Para area of the town. Officer-in-charge Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury of Sadar Police Station, quoting locals, said Akkas Ali came in contact with a live electric wire while plucking drumsticks (sojne) climbing a tree on the premises of the house of the judicial magistrate. Informed, a fire fighting unit from the local fire station came in and disentangled the body from the wire, according to UNB.