HUBBALLI: Two farmers were immediately electrocuted to death after they contacted a live-wire on Friday morning at Devikoppa village of Kalghatgi taluk in Dharwad district.
The deceased were identified as Basavraj Kyarkoppa (52) and Channabasappa Dolikoppa (45).
According to police, the incident occurred when the farmers were working in a sugarcane field. An electrical wire had snapped and fallen in earlier, which the duo accidentally touched.