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Schoolgirl electrocuted in Rangpur
RANGPUR, Jan 19, 2020 (BSS) – A schoolgirl was electrocuted at home in
Baluabhata Adarshapara village under Badarganj upazila of the district today.
The deceased was identified as Mariyam Akhter, 15, daughter of Abdul Mannan
of the village and also a student of class nine of Chandkuthirdanga Girls’
High School under Badarganj upazila.
Quoting family sources, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Badarganj Thana Habibur
Rahman Hawlader said the victim might have been electrocuted while switching
off a plug with wet hand at her house around 9 am.
“The victim was rushed to Badarganj Upazila Health Complex where the
attending physicians declared her dead,” the OC said.
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