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Father, son electrocuted
A man and his speech impaired son were electrocuted at Sakhipur upazila in Tangail yesterday. The victims are Gulzar Hossain, 50, and Pagla, 18. They had come to Sakhipur from Kurigram district as agricultural labourers. Mozammel Haque Mamun, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sakhipur police station, said they were engaged in Boro paddy plantation work at the filed of one Lutfar Rahman of Sanbandha village in the upazila. A high voltage electric wire suddenly fell on Pagla when they were working in the morning. Father Gulzar was also electrocuted as he tried to save his son.
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