Humla, June 23 -- Ten mules died of electric shock in Lums village of Chhayanath Rara Municipality in Mugu district on Sunday night.

According to Mugu's Assistant Chief District Officer Vibhakar Mishra, the mules belonged to three farmers.

Mishra said the animals were electrocuted around 10pm after they entered the area where a transformer had been installed. "The site is about 45 minutes from the district headquarters. A police team has reached the scene," he said.

Just a day earlier, a buffalo had died from electrocution at the same location.

Mayor Bishnu Kumar Bham of Chhayanath Rara Municipality blamed the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for negligence, saying, "The transformer was placed by the roadside. There was a current lea...