Three members of the same family died after being electrocuted in Bakerganj, Barisal. The incident took place at around 12 noon on Saturday (April 27) in Dhalmara village number 4 of Niyamati union of the upazila.
The deceased are Sonia Akhter (32), her daughter Sabrina (9) and her son Salman, aged four and a half. Bakerganj Police Station OC Abzal Hossain confirmed the deaths.
The OC said that while playing, child Salman touched a lemon tree next to the house. The electric wire on the lemon tree was torn. After Salman touched it, his sister Sabrina went to rescue him. At that time, she was also electrocuted. Later, while trying to rescue her two children, mother Sonia Akhter also died of electrocution.
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