Tragedy begets tragedy
The day began like any other at the household of Anwar Hossain of Gazipur. Around 6:00am, his wife, Selina Akter, started making breakfast for the family.
Suddenly, she heard a scream outside. As the 55-year-old went out to look, she found that her only son, Selim Mia, who was charging a battery-run three-wheeler in front of the house, was electrocuted after coming in contact with a live electric wire.
Without any hesitation, she tried to pull Selim, 20, away but consequently, got electrocuted herself.
When the family and neighbours found the mother and son, both were lying on the ground while Selim's head was resting on his mother's lap. She was still holding her son's hand. The incident took place at Bepari Para in Sreepur municipality.
Anwar with the help of locals took his wife and son to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex, where the doctors declared them dead, said Dr Abu Raihan.
At the health complex, Anwar was too distraught to talk. He kept on saying why did he oversleep? The couple also has a 17-year-old daughter. The youth stood silently at a corner trying to cope with the situation.
The family moved to Bepari Para in search of work, said neighbour Ayesha Begum. They had been living at the rented house for the last three years. Anwar drove the three-wheeler, which he also owned, while the mother and son worked at a spinning mill, she added.
The bodies were handed over to the family, said Mostafizur Rahman, sub-inspector of Sreepur Police Station.
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