High-tension wire falls on houses – two electrocuted

PRAYAGRAJ, March 20 (HS): In yet another tragic incident, an elderly woman and her son were electrocuted when a high-tension wire fell on some houses at Dandi Khas Thakurdeen ka Purva village in Pratapgarh district on Saturday. Two other people also sustained injuries. Superintendent of Police Shivhari Meena said Lakhpati Devi (65) died on the spot while her son Jagat Bahadur Yadav (40) was rushed to the district hospital, where he was declared brought dead by doctors on arrival.  Yadav’s wife and another person, identified as Rajesh Tiwari (20), were seriously injured. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem , police said.