Two men were electrocuted in separate incidents at Farashganj and Badda in the capital on Monday.
The deceased, Moinul Islam, 26, son of Nuru Miah, was a resident of Farashaganj under Sutrapur police station and Mohammad Joynal, 35, was a security guard of a house at Gulshan.
The police said Moinul Islam came in contact with a live electric wire while pressing the switch of a machine at the printing press where he worked as a machine operator.
Having been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he was pronounced dead by the on-duty physicians at about 11:30am.
Mohammad Joynal, a security guard at House 13/C at Road 99 of Gulshan-2, died on the spot as he had come into contact with live electric wires at the generator room of the house at about 11:00am.
Source : New Age
