UP Member Electrocuted in Munshiganj

A UP member was electrocuted at Sreenagar Upazila in Munshiganj district on Monday night, reports media.

Deceased Akbar Ali Antu, 54, was a member of Ward No. 3 of Baraikhali Union Parishad under Sreenagar Upazila, a resident of Shibrampur village.

Locals said Akbar Ali came in contact with a live electric wire while watering on the roof of a mosque.

Later, locals rescued him but he succumbed on the way to hospital.