Rautahat, July 23 -- Two people lost their lives due to electrocution in separate incidents in Rautahat district on Wednesday while operating electric water pumps for irrigation.

According to Garuda Area Police Office, 40-year-old Rambabu Mukhiya of Bishunpura Manpur in Madhav Narayan Municipality-4 was electrocuted while attempting to pump water into his field using an electric motor. He was critically injured and immediately rushed to the Provincial Hospital in Gaur, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

His body has been kept at the same hospital for post-mortem. An investigation into the incident is underway, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajan Karki of the Garuda Police Office.

In a separate incident, 52-year-old Mo...