Karnal/Rohtak, Sept. 3 -- Five persons lost their lives in different rain related incidents across Haryana on Tuesday, said officials.

Three persons, including a minor, were electrocuted to death and one was injured when a 11,000-volt high-tension wire snapped amid rainfall and fell on them in Hisar on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Bunty , 27, of Sulkhani village, Rajkumar, alias Raju ,37, of Sandlana village, and his 14-year-old nephew Amit Kumar. The injured has been identified as Shamsher Singh.

Hisar police spokesman Vikas Kumar said that the incident took place when four persons, including a minor, were heading towards Sulkhani village on a bike after paying obeisance at a religious place in Rajasthan.

"It was raini...