PRAYAGRAJ, July 29 -- Two persons, including a woman and a young farmer, died in separate electrocution incidents reported from different parts of Pratapgarh district on Tuesday, police said.

In Salempur Miria village under Manikpur police station limits, 50-year-old Sheela Devi Maurya died after being electrocuted by a fallen ceiling fan while preparing food for the Nagpanchami festival. According to police, Sheela, who was alone at home, stepped onto a damp floor where the ceiling fan had fallen, creating a live electrical current. She collapsed on the spot.

Her son, Sanosh, found her unresponsive when he returned home around 11 am and rushed her to the local Community Health Centre, where doctors declared her dead. Station house offi...