3 of a family electrocuted in Dhaka

Three members of a family, including a minor, electrocuted in West Islambagh area in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area on Monday morning.

The deceased are Amena, 55, her daughter-in-law Shirin, 30, and Shirin’s four-year-old daughter Afrin.
They were electrocuted after a torn wire ripped their home off at around 11:00am, leaving them critically injured, said Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp in-charge sub inspector Bachhu Mia.
The injured were rushed to DMCH emergency where doctors declared them dead, he added.