Khadem of a Dhanmandi mosque dies from electrocution

Atiqul Islam, the khadem of Eidgah Mosque at Dhanmandi-6 died from electrocution on Wednesday, police said.

Atiqul hailed from IItna upazila in Kishoreganj district.

The incident took place at around 11: 00 am when Atiqul was mowing the mosque’s field by an electric machine, said Abdul Jalil, a worker of the mosque.

Accidentally, Atiqul a live wire of the machine and fell down unconscious, Jalil added.

He was rushed Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Inspector Bachchu Mia, in -charge of the DMCH police Camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.

Source: United News of Bangladesh