Sasaram (Bihar), May 15 -- A farmer was electrocuted in Bihar's Rohtas district on Thursday, police sources said.

The sources said Nitish Kumar (28), a resident of Samardiha village, had gone to the field to get water. However, he came in contact with a live electric wire of the pump set and died.

On receiving information about the incident, the police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. UNI XC GNK SSP

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