A youth died being electrocuted on Monday morning while crossing a waterlogged road amid heavy rain near Najira Bazar intersection at Bangshal in Old Dhaka.
The deceased was Md Amin, 30, son of Badsha Mia of village Teli Sani in Bhandaria Upazila of Pirojpur. He used to reside near BDR Gate-1 area in the capital and work as a shop employee.
Amin was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in an unconscious state at about 9:45am where doctors declared him dead, said inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp.
Jisan, a passerby who brought Amin to DMCH, said that Amin lost consciousness after coming in contact with electrified water while riding his bicycle through the rainwater.
Even light rainfall in old Dhaka often causes waterlogging in Najira Bazar area, he said.
Local people used a bamboo pole to pull him from a distance and rushed him to the hospital.
Md Faruk said that the body had been kept in the morgue and the matter has been reported to Bangshal Police Station.