A man and his son were electrocuted when they came in contact with a live electric wire in Bengapatia village under Danagadi block in Jajpur district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Ganesh Mandal and his son Ashu. Ganesh’s wife Tulasi, who was critically injured in the incident, was admitted to a hospital.
As per reports, some electrical work was going on in their house when the trio came in contact with a live wire and fell unconscious. Thereafter, they were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the attending doctors declared Ganesh and Ashu dead.
On getting information, police arrived at the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem.
