Shop employee electrocuted on Dhaka’s waterlogged road
Amin lost consciousness after coming in contact with electrified water while riding his bicycle through the rainwater
A-30-year-old shop employee died apparently from electrocution this morning (22 September) while crossing a waterlogged road amid heavy rain near Najira Bazar intersection at Bangshal in Old Dhaka.
The deceased was identified as Md Amin,30, from Teli Sani village in Bhandaria Upazila of Pirojpur.
Amin was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in unconscious state around 9:45am where doctors declared him dead, confirmed Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp.
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Jisan, a passerby who helped bring Amin to DMCH, said Amin lost consciousness after coming in contact with electrified water while riding his bicycle through the rainwater.
Even light rainfall in old Dhaka often causes waterlogging in Najira Bazar area, he said.
Local people used a bamboo pole to pull him from a distance and rushed him to the hospital.
Md Faruk said the body has been kept in the morgue and the matter has been reported to Bangshal Police Station.
