Child electrocuted while picking tamarind in Ctg

A second-grade student died after being electrocuted while picking tamarind from a tree in Chandanaiish upazila of Chattogram.

The incident occurred on Thursday (November 12) in West Jafarabad area of Bailtali Union.

The deceased, Sheikh Abdullah, was the son of Mohammad Sohel, an auto-rickshaw driver and resident of Ward No. 4 of the union. He was a student of West Jafarabad Government Primary School.

According to local sources, Abdullah climbed a tamarind tree in front of his house in the morning to pick fruit. He came into contact with an electric wire attached to the tree and died on the spot.

Local residents later brought his body down from the tree.

Bailtali Union Parishad member Mohammad Jasim Uddin said Abdullah was the only son among six children in the family.

His death has cast a pall of grief over the family, relatives and local residents.

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