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Two Persons Die Of Electrocution In UP's Ballia

Two persons were killed in Khanpur village here on Saturday after coming in contact with a live wire, police said.

Two persons were killed in Khanpur village here on Saturday after coming in contact with a live wire, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Sandeep Tiwari (19) and his brother-in-law Ajay Pandey (27), they said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Durga Prasad Tiwari said the duo was passing through an agriculture field in Sahatwar police station limits when a high-voltage electrical wire fell on them.

They died on the spot, he said.

Pandey was a resident of the Ghazipur district and had come to his in-laws' home to attend a family program, the police said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, they added.

(Inputs from PTI)

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