A housewife was electrocuted in village Balapara under Chand Khana union in Taraganj upazila here Sunday night, police and local sources said.
The deceased was identified as Renuka Begum, 28, mother of two children and wife of Ekramul Islam of the village.
Member of Chand Khan union parishad Mazidul Islam said Renuka Begum was electrocuted when she put her hand inside her electric rice cooker without switching off it while cooking rice at her kitchen.
She was killed on the spot, he said.
Police sources confirmed the incident. -BSS, Rangpur
