Patiala, July 17 -- Three minor daughters of a migrant labourer were electrocuted to death in their house in ward number 6 of Keshav Nagar in Patran town of Patiala district on Wednesday, police said.

The family hails from Bihar and resides in Keshav Nagar near the grain market.

The family members told police that the girls were alone inside their room when the incident took place.

"A wire from a pedestal fan came in contact with a metal-framed bed. The three minor girls, aged 3, 5, and 7, who were sitting on the bed at the time were electrocuted and died on the spot," SHO Patran Kulbir Singh said.

Muhammad Farkhuddin, the father of the deceased girls, said he had been working in Patran's grain market for the past five to six years. ...