3 of a family electrocuted in Dhaka
Dhaka: Three members of a family including a minor died of electrocution at their Islambagh house of Lalbagh area in Dhaka on Monday.
The victims are Sharmin Begum, in his thirties, her 5-year-old daughter Arfin, and mother‐in‐law, Amena Begum, in her fifties.
The trio came in contact with a snapped electric cable on the first floor of a tin‐shed house in Islambagh area, after a transformer blast in the morning, witnesses said.
Physicians at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) pronounced them dead on arrival around 11:30am after the victims were taken there, said Sub‐Inspector (SI) Bacchu Mia, in‐charge of DMCH police out‐post.