A day laborer named Rezaul Karim, 38, died from electrocution on Sunday morning while assisting in the reinstallation of an electricity transformer in Chaubila village under Salonga Union of Raiganj upazila, Sirajganj. He was working with a lineman named Atik when the accident occurred around 11 a.m. Karim, son of the late Omar Ali Sheikh of Charia Ujir Shaopara village, had long been employed as a tree-cutting worker for the local Palli Bidyut office.

According to police and local sources, the team assumed the power line was disconnected before starting work. However, an adjacent line remained live, and Karim was fatally electrocuted upon contact. His coworkers later disconnected the power and, with local help, brought down his body. Police visited the scene, granted permission for burial, and recorded an unnatural death (UD) case at Salonga Police Station.

Local residents have raised questions about how a tree-cutting laborer was assigned to transformer installation work, as attempts to contact the Salonga Palli Bidyut zonal office and its acting AGM went unanswered.