Two children electrocuted in Kurigram
Two children were electrocuted today from an illegal electric connection at Balatari village in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram.
The deceased were cousins -- Al-Amin (11), son of Mominul Islam, and Alimul Haque (6), son of Azidul Islam of the village. Al-Amin was a student of class five, and Alimul of class one at Balatari Government Primary School, reports our Lalmonirhart correspondent.
One local Abu Bakkar Miah of the village was irrigating his paddy field using an underground electricity cable connection from his house illegally. The two children went to collect plums from a tree while they were electrocuted and fell unconscious on the spot, said Chhakir Uddin, grandfather of the children.
They were rushed to the Phulbari Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared them dead.
Police already visited the site and necessary legal actions will be taken in this regard, said Phulbari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rajib Kumar Roy.
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