2 siblings among 3 electrocuted in Ctg
Chittagong: Three people including two siblings died after being electrocuted while recovering a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from a ditch by the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Patia upazila early on Wednesday.
The deceased are Abdul Mannan, in his twenties, and Shahadat Hossain Hannan, around 20 years, and their uncle Nur Hossain, around 28 years, from the area.
Sheikh Mohammad Neyamatullah, officer-in-charge of Patia Police Station, said a Karnaphuli-bound CNG-run autorickshaw, carrying the trio, plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by another CNG-run auto-rickshaw at around 12:30 am.
The trio met the tragic incident while recovering the CNG-run auto-rickshaw as they came in contact of electrified water of the ditch as wire snapped into it, said OC.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue.