Boy electrocuted
An eight-year old boy was electrocuted at Kamrangirchar in the city yesterday when he climbed a tree to pluck mangoes.
The dead was identified as Hridoy, son of Hemayet Hossain of Borogram at Kamrangirchar.
Hridoy climbed up the roof of a one-storey building to reach the mangoes at 2:00pm and came in touch with electric wires adjacent to the tree.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. His family took him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.