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Couple electrocuted

8 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

A couple was electrocuted at village Ramanthpur in Khoksa upazila yesterday. Two sons of the couple were also injured as they tried to save their parents. Khatun, 40, came in touch of live wire when she put some wet clothes on a poll near her house, police said. As she screamed, her husband Golam Ali, 50, went to rescue her. But both died on the spot. In another incident, an alleged thief was slaughtered at village Darpara in Daulatpur upazila early yesterday, police said. Nayan alias Figar, 35, son of late Roisuddin went out of his home on Friday evening. His slaughtered body was found at Darpara field yesterday morning. Police sent the body to Kushtia General Hospital for autopsy.