A housewife died from electrocution at Balidia village in Mohammadpur upazila of the district on Wednesday evening. The deceased is Hasina Begum, 45, wife of Ratan Mondal of the village. Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, said Hasina was electrocuted as she came in contact with a live electric circuit while working in their under-construction house in the evening and was injured critically. Later, she was rushed to Mohammadpur Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared her dead.