3 workers electrocuted in Jamalpur

Three workers died and four others injured after being electrocuted while repairing an electric line of Palli in Jamalpur's Islampur upazila on Thursday afternoon, reports UNB.

The deceased were Hasan, 32, hailing from Nurundi of Sadar upazila, and Taher Ali, 30, and Obaidur, 32, hailing from Saghata upazila in Gaibandha district.

According to Palli Bidyut officials, an electric wire got snapped and fell in a water-filled paddy field while installing a pole around 4:15am, leaving the trio dead on the spot and five others injured.