Three members of a family in Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila were electrocuted on Saturday noon.
The deceased were Hosneya Begum, 60, her son Tara Miah, 30, and her grandson Rifat Hossain, 8.
It was learnt that Rifat went to a nearby paddy field at Elkhal village in the upazila to collect Kolmi shak. Suddenly, he came in contact with a live electric wire. Hearing his cry, Hosneya Begum went to the spot and tried to save his grandson Rifat. But she was also electrocuted. Later, Tara Miah rushed to the spot to save the duo, but he too electrocuted.
Locals informed the matter to a local power office and after that the line was disconnected. The local people then recovered the bodies.
