Man Electrocuted After Accidentally Touching Live Wire; Wife Killed While Attempting To Save Him

A man and his wife died after they accidentally came in contact with an overhead live wire near their family home in India. Authorities said the couple did not have a proper building permit.

The incident occurred Saturday evening in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Dangal Singh, 42, was working on the terrace of his house when he accidentally touched an overhead high-tension power cable. Singh's wife, 38-year-old Jashoda Devi, heard her husband screaming and rushed toward him. While she attempt to rescue Singh, Devi sustained severe burns, the Times of India reported.

The couple was rushed to a nearby government hospital. However, Singh was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, while Devi died from her injuries during treatment.

"The bodies were handed over to their kin after an autopsy on Sunday. No official complaint has so far been filed in this matter," Manbahadur Singh, a police officer, told the outlet.

The state's power department said the electric lines were laid in the area even before the houses in Singh's neighborhood were constructed. Officers claimed the houses did not receive proper permits for construction.

This comes just a week after a 15-year-old boy in India's Gujarat was killed by electric shock. The teen and his friends had climbed onto a train to film a "stunt" when the former accidentally touched a high-voltage overhead wire. The boy was immediately flung to the ground and died at the scene.

"The teen climbed upon one of the wagons of a stationary goods train on track number 3 to record a selfie video when he got electrocuted. No one else was injured in the incident," a senior officer of Sabarmati Railway police station told the Indian Express.

A 38-year-old man was electrocuted to death while trying to plug in his cellphone charger in a waterlogged room in September. The victim's wife and 10-year-old son also died while trying to save him. Neighbors found the three lying on the floor when they rushed to the home.