Man electrocuted in Jashore

A man died from electrocution at Dakkhin Lauri village in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased, Golam Mortuza, 50, was son of late Abdus Sohrab of the village.

He was a fish trader.

Quoting the deceased’s family members, police said Mortuza came in contact with a snapped live electric wire when he went to his pond adjacent to his house and died instantly on the spot.

Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Jashore General Hospital for autopsy.