A five-year-old child died from electrocution at Dashmina upazila in Patuakhali district on Saturday.
The deceased was Salauddin, son of Solaiman Fakir, a resident of Pashchim Lakshmipur village in the upazila. Locals said, Rupa Begum, mother of the child, found her son an electric wire wrapped with his hand after returning from work around 1:00 pm.
The child was rushed to Dashmina Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Dashmina Police Station officer-in-charge Md Nurul Islam Majumder said they were yet to be informed over the matter.
Legal steps would be taken after a written complaint, he added.