14-year-old electrocuted while hanging Brazil flag in Kushtia
A 14-year-old madrasa student was electrocuted while trying to tie a Brazil flag to a tree near his house today.
The deceased was identified as Mithu Sheikh of Pitambar Bashi village of Panti union of Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila, said Md Mohsin Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station.
Mithu was a student of class nine of Dansa Mahur Ali Dakhil Madrasa.
Mithu climbed the tree to hang the flag on the top of a betel nut tree around 1:20pm. At that time, he got electrocuted and fell from the tree, said the OC quoting locals.
The locals rescued him and took him to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said the police official.
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