A youth and his grandmother were electrocuted when they came in contact with a live wire at Kokalunda village under the Belaguntha police outpost in Ganjam district on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Rajesh Jena (20) and grandmother Sishula Jena (72). After taking bath, while keeping wet clothes on an iron rod in his house, Rajesh was electrocuted. Hearing his scream for help, his grandmother tried to rescue him and but was electrocuted.
Family members and locals immediately disconnected the power supply and rushed the youth and his grandmother to Belguntha hospital. But the doctor declared Rajesh and Sishula brought dead.
After receiving information, police sent the bodies for postmortem and began investigation by registering an UD case.