Two persons were killed in Khanpur village here on Saturday after coming in contact with a live wire, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Sandeep Tiwari (19) and his brother-in-law Ajay Pandey (27), they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Durga Prasad Tiwari said the duo was passing through an agriculture field in Sahatwar police station limits when a high-voltage electrical wire fell on them.
They died on the spot, he said.
Pandey was a resident of the Ghazipur district and had come to his in-laws' home to attend a family program, the police said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, they added.
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(Inputs from PTI)
