A day laborer named Rabbi (18) died of electrocution while watering trees with the help of an electric pump in Rajapur of Jhalkathi. The incident took place in Angaria village of the upazila around 8:30 pm on Tuesday night. Rabbi Rajapur is the son of Abdul Rahim Howladar of Angaria area of Sadar Union. According to the family of the deceased, the accident took place on Tuesday night when the day laborer rabbi was watering the trees planted in their new house with the help of an electric pump. When the locals took the rabbi to the Upazila Health Complex, the doctor on duty declared him dead. On receiving the information, the police recovered the body from the upazila health complex and brought it to the police station. Rajapur police station second officer Sanjeev Kumar Pahlan said that a case of death has been registered in the police station and the body has been sent to the morgue for post-mortem as there were no eyewitnesses to the incident.
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