Three labourers were electrocuted to death today after a metal pipe they were using to pull out a hand pump touched a live wire in Madaripura village here, police said.
They died on the spot after the pipe touched a overhead wire, police said.
Villagers staged a protest demanding compensation for kin of the deceased, they said, adding they also demanded action against the officials concerned.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem.
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