Dhaka, May 13 -- A schoolboy has died after being electrocuted while picking mangoes in Dighinala, Khagrachhari.

His classmate was also injured in the incident.

The accident occurred around 7pm on Tuesday in the Noy Mile area of the Khagrachhari-Dighinala road, said Tapu Tripura, headmaster of Noy Mile Junior School.

The deceased, Mitshu Tripura, 12, was a sixth-grade student of Nine Mile Junior School. His injured classmate has been identified as Binoy Tripura.

Headmaster Tapu said that on Tuesday afternoon, Mitshu went out to play with his friends. In the evening, on his way home afterwards, he climbed a mango tree on the side of the road with his classmate Binoy to pluck mangoes.

"At one point, they were electrocuted when they ina...