Father, son electrocuted

An elderly man and his son were electrocuted at a village in Bihar's Nawada district, a police officer said.

At Pachia village last night Sunil Singh (52) and his son Gaurav Kumar (20) came into contact with snapped electrict wire on the ground while the two were walking on way to pay obesiance on the occasion of Maha Astami, Nardiganj police station in-charge Manoj Kumar said.

The two died on the spot, he said, adding the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.