Worker electrocuted at Rampal project site

A worker was electrocuted and two others were injured while working at Rampal coal-fired power plant site on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Sajib Mia, 17, son of Hasan Mia of Jhanjhania village in Rampal upazila in the district.

Officer-in-charge of Rampal police station Md Lutfar Rahman said Sajib and two other workers were injured as they received electric shock while cutting a rod with a machine at the under-constriction power plant.

Later, Sazib died while undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The body was handed over to his family, the OC said.