Saptari, July 26 -- A case of electrocution claimed the lives of a couple in Saptari's Rupani Rural Municipality-2 early Saturday morning, leaving their two children orphaned.

According to locals, 42-year-old Baleshwar Khanga, popularly known as Kaila, was charging his e-rickshaw at around 4 am when he was electrocuted and collapsed at the spot.

His 38-year-old wife, Ramkumari Khanga, went out in search of him after he did not return for a while. Upon finding him unconscious, she rushed to his aid but was also electrocuted in the process.

Their 24-year-old niece, Pramilakumari, who attempted to rescue the couple, was also injured and sustained a head injury from the electric shock, neighbour Rajendra Kumar Mandal said.

"By the time th...