LUCKNOW, July 22 -- Three people, including two teenage brothers, were electrocuted after they came in contact with a barbed wire fence electrified by a power pole in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district on Monday evening.

The victims were identified as Shivam Tiwari, 17, his elder brother Satyanarayan Tiwari, 19, both residents of Parsia Tiwari Purwa village, and Ravi Pandey, 22, of Pandit Purwa, Naypurwa.

Station house officer, Wajeerganj, Gonda, Santosh Kumar Mishra confirmed the deaths and said prima facie negligence on part of the electricity department led to the tragedy. Chief engineer, Devipatan, Yadunath Y said a probe had been ordered and strict action would be taken in case laxity on anyone's part came to fore during the investigat...