Two farmers electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh

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Two farmers were electrocuted in the Shahpur Gopalpur area in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh after coming into contact with an electric fence while working in their agricultural field, police said on Saturday.

Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Sanjay Rai said Shripal Yadav (55) and his nephew Ravi Yadav (30), residents of Shahpur Gopalpur, were irrigating their field on Friday evening when they came into contact with an electric fence, installed to protect the crop from animals.

Both men sustained severe burns and were rushed to a nearby hospital; they were declared dead, he said, adding that the bodies have been sent them for post-mortem.

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