Sajjan Rout of Digar village under Kharagpur police station found a puddle of water in front of his house this morning following rain and storm last night.
In order to clear the water, he came forward and stepped on the water and got electrocuted, the police said adding his nephew Arun rushed to him but he was also electrocuted.
A live electric wire got snapped during storm and fell into the puddle which nobody had noticed.