
The deceased were identified as Hawa, 42, wife of Alamgir, and their daughter Ayesha, 21, residents of Morafela area under Nezampur union of the upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Nachol Police Station Monirul Islam said Hawa reluctantly touched a live electric wire that was used for charging an auto-rickshaw of her husband at their home around 5:30am.
Seeing this, Ayesha tried to separate her mother but she was also electrocuted, leaving them dead on the spot, he said.
A police team was sent to the spot to recover the bodies, he said, adding that legal action was underway in this connection, reports UNB.