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A farmer has lost his life after being electrocuted by an electric trap for killing rats laid in a paddy field while going to fetch grass for his cattle. The farmer killed in this incident in Senbagh, Noakhali, was named Sheikh Khaja Mainuddin (45).
The incident took place on Thursday evening in Ghorkata village of the upazila. On Friday (9 October) morning, local residents saw his body lying beside a paddy field in that village of Arjuntala union.
Sheikh Khaja Mainuddin was the son of the late Sheikh Shafiq of Dakshin Ghorkata village.
Police and local sources said Mainuddin went to the land on the western side of his house on Thursday afternoon to fetch grass for his cattle. At that time he died after being electrocuted by the electric trap set in that paddy field to kill rats. On receiving the news, police recovered the body from the spot.
Senbagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Hazrat Ali Milon said the body has been sent to the morgue of Noakhali General Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The owner of the land, Zakir Hossain, has been absconding since the incident. Further legal action will be taken on the basis of a complaint from the victim’s family.
