Man electrocuted in Dhaka
A man died from electrocution after he touched a fan, standing in accumulated rainwater, in Dhaka's Shyampur area this afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Imdadul Haque (25), an electrician by profession.
His brother Ashraful Haque said Imdadul lived in Faridabad Bank Colony area with his family. Around 12:30pm, he waded through the flooded street and went near a shop where he touched a standing fan.
He was electrocuted and collapsed in the water along with the fan, he said.
Locals took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead, he said.
The body was kept at the mortuary for autopsy, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
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