Two men electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh

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Bahraich: Two men were killed after accidentally touching a high tension wire lying on the ground in a village here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place yesterday in Babhaniya Fata village under Murtiha Kotwali police station, a police official said.

Suraj Rajbhar (20) and his neighbour Om Prakash Yadav (32) were not able to see the wire on the ground due to darkness and came into contact with it, the official said.

The bodies were sent for the post-mortem, he said.