A young man named Abul Kalam Azad, 30, has been electrocuted while pumping water out of a pond during a visit to his in-laws’ home in Panchbibi, Joypurhat.
The accident happened at about 10:30am on Sunday (18 October) in Barapukuria village of Kusumba union in the upazila.
Abul Kalam Azad was the son of the late Abbas Mondol of Chhatinali village in Awlai union of the upazila.
According to local people and his family, he went in the morning to connect electricity to a water pump to drain his in-laws’ pond. He was accidentally electrocuted and died on the spot.
Momena Khatun, acting panel chairman of Kusumba union parishad, confirmed the accident and said the police had been informed.
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