Gazipur, Feb. 15 -- A couple was electrocuted on Friday at Seldia village under Kapasia upazila in Gazipur.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Shahidullah Bhuiyan, 55, son of Momtaz Uddin Bhuiyan, and his wife Ferdousi Akter, 40.

Sub-Inspector Abdul Halim of Kapasia Police Station said Shahidullah installed an electric motor near his house to pump out water from a pond for fishing.

He got electrocuted while trying to turn on the motor.

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As his wife Ferdousi Akter tried to rescue him she was also electrocuted.

Locals rescued the couple in critical condition and they died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

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