2 boys die of electrocution

Two boys died from electrocution when they came in contact with an underground illegal power connection in Kurigram's Phulbari upazila yesterday.

The deceased are Al Amin, 11, son of Mominul Islam, and his cousin Alimul Haque, 6, son of Azidul Islam of Balatari village.

Al Amin was a Class V student, and Alimul of Class I at Balatari Government Primary School.

Chhakir Uddin, grandfather of the deceased, alleged that one Abu Bakkar Miah of the village was irrigating his paddy field using an underground electricity cable connection from his house illegally.

The two children were electrocuted and fell unconscious on the spot when they went to collect plums from a tree nearby the paddy field.

Family members rushed the kids to Phulbari Upazila Health Complex, where the doctors declared them dead.