Woman electrocuted on house rooftop in Araihazar

A 50-year-old woman, Chan Banu, died on the spot Wednesday morning after touching an overhead power line on her single-story rooftop in Araihazar.

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A 50-year-old woman died Wednesday morning, November 11, after being electrocuted on the roof of her home in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila.

Police and locals said Chan Banu, wife of Zaman from Baroani village in Haizadi union, went up to the rooftop of her single-story house around 6:30 a.m. and inadvertently touched a live overhead electrical wire, dying on the spot.

Family members and neighbors recovered her body before officers from Araihazar Police Station arrived to complete an inquest report. Officer-in-Charge Md Sobjel Hossain confirmed the fatality.

বাংলায় মূল প্রতিবেদন পড়ুন · Read the original Bengali report

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