Mathura, Nov 22 (PTI) Two labourers were killed and three others were injured in Oal village here when an iron mesh they were preparing for the roof of a building touched a high tension wire, police said on Tuesday.

"The injured labourers are being treated by a private doctor in a border village of Rajasthan," SP (Rural) Trigun Bishen said.

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The deceased have been identified as Surender and Yaadam, both residents of Rajasthan.

Their bodies have been sent for post mortem, police said.

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Oal is a village in Farah Block of Uttar Pradesh, and falls on the UP-Rajasthan border.

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