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Kalapara child electrocuted

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Barishal Correspondent :

A child named Ahad (4) died of electrocution in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district on Saturday. Ahad is said to be the son of Md Suman Matubbar of that village. The incident took place at Betmore village of Chakamiya Union of the upazila around 8 am on Saturday (August 24).
After the incident, the neighbors rescued the child and took him to the Upazila Health Complex where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Naeem Matubbar, uncle of Ahad, said his nephew was electrocuted while plugging the table fan in his house. A doctor working in the emergency department of Kalapara Health Complex said that the child Ahad was brought dead to the hospital by his relatives.

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