Schoolgirl electrocuted

A schoolgirl was electrocuted in Charbata union under Subarnachar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Riya Akhter, 15, daughter of Abdul Baten Khokon of Punu Haji Bari in the union, and a student of Class IX of Charbata RG High School in the upazila.  The victim's father said Riya was electrocuted when she went to turn off the electric switch.