11-yr-old boy electrocuted

A minor boy was electrocuted at Laraichar village of Faridganj upazila of Chandpur on Monday evening.

The deceased was Farhad Gazi, 11, son of Billal Gazi of the village and a Class-V student of Dakkhin Laraichar Baitunnabi Dakhil Madrasa.

Abdur Rakib, officer-in-charge of Faridganj police station, said the boy came in touch with a live electric wire while climbing the rooftop of the madrasa building.

Being rescued, he was taken to upazila health complex where the physicians pronounced him dead.