Two children electrocuted

Kashipur, August 15: Two children were electrocuted after coming in contact with a high-tension wire at Kashipur area of Udhamsingh Nagar district, police said here today.

Bhupendra (13) and Ram Murti (10), both brothers, were trying to pluck fruits from a tree when they came in contact with the high-tension wire yesterday, they said.

Both the brothers died on the spot, they added.

—Agencies