Varanasi: A 58-year-old man and his 24-year-old son died after coming in contact with an 11,000-volt power line that had snapped and fallen in their field in Ballia’s Bansdih Road police station area on Thursday, police said.On receiving information about the incident, local police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies of Janardan Yadav and his son, Rajesh Yadav, both residents of Shahpur village, for postmortem.Additional superintendent of police (North), Ballia, Dinesh Kumar Shukla, said a case was registered at Bansdih Road police station under various sections based on a complaint lodged by the family members.Following the postmortem examination, the last rites of the deceased were performed. Further legal proceedings are underway, police said.
