A boy was electrocuted at Gorosthanpara under Kurigram municipality area at 11.00 am on Tuesday (April 26).

The deceased was identified as Prosanto 13 son of Parosh of Gorosthanpara.

Local sources said when the boy was cutting the branch of a guava tree near his house at that time he touched with a live over head wire and he died on the spot. Some parts of his body was burnt.

Locals recovered him and sent to Kurigram General Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead. Later his relatives brought the dead body to his house. The eternal activities will be performed in local burning ground in this evening.

A pathetic shock  is being prevailed in the area following the incident.