Two electrocuted
A young man and a housewife were electrocuted in the district yesterday. The victims are Faruk Hossain, 25, son of Aminul Islam of Baliakandi village under Chuadanga district and Hena Khatun, 40, wife of Younus Ali of Roghunathpur village under Sadar upazila. Faruk is an electrician at Datta Nagar Agriculture Farm. Joint director Mahbubur Rahman of the farm said, at around 9:30am, Faruk was repairing an electric line of the farm. Suddenly, he came in contact with a live wire. He was rushed to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital where the on duty doctors declared him dead. Hena went to a banana orchard near her house at noon where she came in contact with a live electrical wire and died on the spot, her husband Younus Ali said.
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