A 27-year-old housewife died after being electrocuted in an electric trap set up to kill foxes at Mathurapur village in Tarash Sadar Union under Tarash upazila of Sirajganj on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Afroza Khatun, 27, wife of Shamim Hossain of the village. Her eight-year-old son and a neighbouring child were severely injured in the incident, and local residents reported that the condition of both children remains critical.
According to local sources, Afroza wrapped galvanised iron (GI) wire around the door of a poultry coop and connected it to electricity on Thursday night to protect her ducks and chickens from fox attacks. On Friday at around 11am, her eight-year-old son went to open the coop door and became entangled in the live wire.
Seeing her son electrocuted, Afroza rushed to save him and was electrocuted herself. Subsequently, another neighbouring child was electrocuted while attempting to rescue them. Neighbours eventually noticed the situation and quickly switched off the main power switch.
All three were rescued and arrangements were made to take them to hospital, but Afroza died on the way. The two critically injured children have been admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.
Md Dulal Hossain, a local college teacher and relative of the deceased and injured, confirmed the incident, saying that the accident occurred after they got entangled in the electric wire and that the condition of the two injured children is critical.
When contacted, Tarash Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Md Shah Alam said that police have not yet received any information regarding the housewife’s death from the electric trap and that no case has been filed in connection with the incident so far.
