R Yashwanth Reddy (16) was electrocuted while he was trying to hang his clothes on an iron wire last night.
He was studying in first year at Diviseema Polytechnic College at Avanigadda.
In another mishap, an agricultural labourer, A Maraiah (40), was electrocuted while he was trying to repair a switchboard in his house at Revulalunka village in the same mandal, Avanigadda police sub-inspector V Manikumar said.
Separate cases have been registered in connection with the incidents and investigations were underway.