Four children electrocuted in UP

Lucknow: Four children were on Sunday
electrocuted after they came into contact with high tension
wire in Saharanpur district, police said.

While taking bath in a canal in Salempur Bhupadi
village the children came into contact of the wire which
accidentally fell in the pond, they said.

The children identified as Subham, Anikesh, Ajeebur and
Yusuf died on the spot, they said.

Agitated over the incident local residents blocked
Saharanpur road and staged a sit-in.

PTI