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Two internet service workers die after electrocution in Mymensingh
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Two internet service workers died from electrocution in Mymensingh s Bhaluka upazila early today.
The deceased are Md Alfaz, 28, of Jamirdia in Bhaluka and Amit, 25, of Barishal.
Quoting the locals, Officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Police Station Md Mahmudul Islam said Alfaz and Amit went to one Md Tanvir s house to set up an internet connection.
When they climbed onto the tin roof of the house, they got electrocuted as the tin roof had come into contact with a snapped electric wire, said the OC.
Hearing the news Alfaz s father Ali Hossain rushed there and tried to rescue the victims and was himself electrocuted, the OC said.
In February last year, when there was no sign of spread of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, I received a phone call from a farmer named Zahid Hasan from Mymensingh s Bhaluka. The caller in his local dialect said, I am Zahid. I would be very happy if you could come and visit my lemon orchard one day. I learned more about Zahid s orchard and promised him to visit his orchard very soon. It is unfortunately for the world and Bangladesh, coronavirus started spreading and Bangladesh felt a heavy impact. Every plan was ruined. The country went through lockdown and so came the quarantine period. A whole year had gone by in uncertainty. At the end of February this year, Zahid came to my mind. I had promised him to visit his orchard but couldn t make it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I called Zahid and asked him whether he has lemons in his orchard. What are you saying, my orchard has become even bigger; you just visit my orchard and see it with your own eyes, replied Zahid. Bhaluka isn t far from D