2 killed after being electrocuted in rainwater in Ctg building basement
Two people died after being electrocuted in stagnant rainwater at a residential building on MM Ali Road in Chattogram's Chawkbazar area on Sunday morning (18 May).
The victims were identified as Mohammad Tayyab, 50, a security guard of the building, and Md Rabiul, 14, a tenant.
Officer-in-Charge of Chawkbazar Police Station Jahidul Kabir said heavy overnight rain had caused water to accumulate in the basement of the building "Bashar Villa".
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"When the victims entered the waterlogged area in the morning, they were fatally electrocuted after coming into contact with a live wire," he said.
Sub-Inspector Nurul Alam Ashek of the Chittagong Medical College Hospital police outpost confirmed that the two were brought to the hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead.
