Thane, Oct 10 (PTI) Two monkeys died of electrocution in Thane city of Maharashtra on Saturday morning after they came in contact with a live wire on an electricity pole, a civic official said.

The incident occurred near Wagle bus stop around 9.30 am, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Santosh Kadam said.

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The carcasses of the monkeys have been handed over to the forest department, he said.

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