Mother, daughter electrocuted

A woman and her daughter were electrocuted at Molamgari village under Kalai upazila in Joypurhat on Monday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased are Swapna Begum, 33 and her daughter Shimu Akhter, 4, of Molamgarihat of the area.

Quoting locals and family members, Kalai police station officer-in-charge Abdul Latif Khan said Swapna got electrocuted when she went to hang wet clothes on an iron wire which was electrified during rain last night.

Shimu got electrocuted when she touched her mother.

Locals recovered them and took them to Kalai Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared them dead.