Four die of electrocution in waterlogged Dhaka

Four people, including a teenager, died due to electrocution amid heavy rains in Dhaka‍‍`s different areas on Friday as the capital went under water.

The deceased are Md Alauddin, 18, and Rasel Das, 27, both employees of a furniture shop in Pallabi, Abdur Nur, 35, a mason in Bhasantek and Aiyub Ali, 45, a painter in Kotwali.

In Pallabi, Alauddin and Rasel were removing furniture and materials as water entered their shop during torrential rain on Friday afternoon, police said.

Suddenly, both of them came in touch with a live electric wire and got unconscious. After that, locals rescued and took them to Kurmitola General Hospital where duty doctors declared them brought dead.

Alauddin hailed from Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh and Rasel from Chattogram.

In Kotwali, Aiyub was electrocuted at Agarbati lane near CMM Court last night as he was returning to his Sutrapur home after work.

In an unconscious state, he was first taken to a nearby hospital in Old Dhaka and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors pronounced him dead.

In Bhasantek, Nur‍‍`s tin-shed house at Dewanpara was flooded with rain water, causing him to start removing water with a pump.

Suddenly, he got electrocuted. Locals took him to Kurmitola General Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

The four bodies were sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.