Father-son duo electrocuted to death in Uttar Pradesh

AGRA: A man and his son were electrocuted to death after they came in contact with a live wire while parking their vehicle at Rajpur Chungi locality in Agra, police said on Saturday.

According to police, Mohar Singh (50) and his son Bhupendra (22) were parking their auto-rickshaw outside their house when they came in contact with the broken wire of a street light pole on Friday.

Singh’s wife and daughter rushed out to save them, but were rescued by the locals, Sub Inspector at Sadar Police station, Mohammad Naseer said.

The father-son duo was taken to the hospital where they were declared brought dead, he said.