A day labourer was electrocuted at Satkania Upazila in Chittagong yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Sadek Hossain, 25, son of Abdul Karim of the upazila's Kerani Haat area.
Sub-Inspector Abdul Salam Munshi of Satkania Police Station said Sadek was cutting the branches of a tree owned by Abdus Salam in the Kerani Haat area around 10:00am.
He was electrocuted when he fell onto utility wires after the tree branch on which he was standing snapped, he said.
Sadek was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead, he added.
An unnatural death case was filed with Satkania Police Station in this connection.