Berhampur (Odisha), Dec 12 (PTI) A man and his wife, both in their 50s, were electrocuted to death in Odisha's Ganjam district on Saturday after they came in contact with a live wire, police said.

The incident happened at Burupada village under the jurisdiction of Sheragada police station when the couple went to their farmland to pluck cauliflowers.

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Hina Samal (57) and his wife Bishnupriya Samal (52) came in contact with an 11-KV live wire, police said.

The cable which had been hanging overhead apparently snapped and fell on the farmland leading to their death, a police officer said.

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