Magura, Oct 22 (UNB) - A farmer was electrocuted at Pukhuria Baliadanga village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Khondokar Lutfur Fakir, 52, of the area.
Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge ofMagura Sadar Police Station, said locals spotted the body of Lutfur lying in a crop land and informed police.
He was electrocuted when he came in contact with an electric wire of a poultry farm. Poultry farm owner Shohag took electric connection in the farm to prevent wild animals, said police.
Police arrested two people in this connection and a case was filed.