Two workers died from electrocution while they were hoisting national flag at Tongi in Gazipur district on Saturday morning.
The accident happened around 7:30 am in BSCIC area under Tongi East Police Station.
The deceased were Aynal, 35, hailed from Naogaon`s Niyamatpur upazila, and Ashraful, 45, from Gaibandha`s Gobindganj.
According to police and locals, Ayanal, a security guard of IFL Garments in that area, and Ashraful, a construction worker, went to raise the national flag with an iron rod in the morning. At that time, they came in contact with a live electric wire when the iron rod touched an electric wire, leaving them injured.
They were immediately rescued and taken to Tongi Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared them dead.
Tongi East Police Station officer-in-charge Mostafizur Rahman confirmed the news.
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