Karnal, July 11 -- Two brothers were electrocuted and their nephew was critically injured on Friday while trying to rescue them after they came into contact with a live electric wire connected to a transformer in Dhantori village of Kurukshetra's Shahbad sub-division, police said.

According to the police, Binder Ram, 50, accidentally touched a live wire connected to a transformer while removing an iron cot from the balcony of his house.

According to Shahbad SHO Jagdish Tamak, the family had covered the wire with a plastic pipe, but rainwater is suspected to have caused leakage, energising the surrounding area.

On seeing his brother collapse, Nathi Ram, 59, rushed to rescue him but was also electrocuted after coming into contact with th...