2 electrocuted in Joypurhat

Two electricians were electrocuted at Telihar village in Kalai upazila on Friday night.

Kalai police station officer-in-charge Sumon Kumar Roy said Afzal Hossain and Shakil Ahmed, hailing from Gomradighi village in Gobindoganj upazila of Gaibandha district, came in contact with a live wire while they were setting up power line for a religious programme around 10:00pm and got injured critically.

They were taken to Kalai upazila health complex where doctors declared them dead.