3 of a family electrocuted in Kushtia

Three members of a family died and another injured after being electrocuted at Housing area in Kushtia city on Wednesday.

The tragic incident took place in the area at around 3 PM on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as Salam, 50, son of Shamsul Haque, from Housing block-B, his wife, Khatun, 35, daughter Shaba Khatun, 13.

At that time, Salam's son Siam, 12, sustained severe injuries in the incident and undergoing treatment at Kushtia General Hospital.

According to the victim's family members, a heavy continous rainfall in the area caused their home to go underwater. To secure the family members from any unwanted incident, Salam attempted to turn off the main switch of electricity and came into contact with a live electric wire.

Seeing Salam is being electrocuted, his wife Khatun tried to save him and get electrocuted also. At that time, Shaba and Siam attempted to detach their parents from the live eletric wire, Shaba also died from electrocution and Siam sustained severe injuries.

However, they all were rescued and taken to Kushtia General Hospital where the physicians declared Salam, Khatun and Shaba dead.