Two kids electrocuted just for sheer neglect

A five-year-old girl met her tragic end as she came in contact with a live electric wire at a mango orchard in Khansama upazila of Dinajpur on Monday.
She was identified as Rumi Begum, daughter of Abdul Wahab of Sahajpur village in the upazila.
Meanwhile, death of a schoolboy from electrocution in Shailkupa municipality under Jhenidah district the same day sparked protest in the area.
Our Dinajpur correspondent reported that police arrested orchard owner Md Abul Kalam Master of Mondalpara village soon after the incident.
Kalam told police and journalists that he had laid the live electric wire at the orchard to protect mangoes from thieves.
Locals said Rumi along with his mother came to her grandma's house at the village on Sunday evening. She entered the mango orchard adjacent to the house at around 8:00am yesterday, came in touch with a live electric wire and died instantly, they added.
In Jhenidah, several hundred people blocked Shailkupa-Jhenidah Road in Shailkupa municipality area yesterday morning following death of a schoolboy from electrocution, reports our correspondent.
The victim, Proloy Saha, 7, son of Proshanta Saha of Kabirpur village in the municipality, was a student of the local primary school. She came in contact with a snapped electric wire at a temple at the village in the morning and died on the spot.
Locals said the wire snapped after a branch of a tree fell on it during a strong wind that swept the area three days ago. “We repeatedly requested the staff of West Zone Power Development Company to remove the broken wire, but they didn't come,” locals alleged. Road blockade continued for two hours from 9:00am.