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2 children electrocuted

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Press Trust of India Barasat (WB)
Two children were

electrocuted and another was seriously injured after they came in contact with a live wire in a poultry farm in North 24 Parganas district today, police said.

A group of children were playing near the farm at Sendanga under Ashok Nagar police station when three children accidentally came in contact with the live wire.

While an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl died, another child suffered burns and was hospitalised, police said.

Angry locals ransacked the house of the poultry farm owner.

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First Published: Jul 13 2017 | 11:57 PM IST

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