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30 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Three members of a family were electrocuted at village Baishbunia under Kathalia upazila in Jhalakathi district yesterday. The deceased were identified as Ruhul Amin, 40, his brother's wife Khadiza Begum, 28, and his son Rajib, 13. Police and local people said Rajib first came in contact with a live electric wire snapped by Cyclone Aila when he was fishing in a nearby water body at about 10:00am. His father Ruhul Amin and aunt Khadiza met their tragic end when they tried to save Rajib. Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Jhalakathi Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.