India, July 31 -- Two persons were killed while their father got critically injured trying to save them after the former were electrocuted at their home in northwest Delhi's Begumpur late on Tuesday night, police said.

The victims, both siblings, were identified as Vivek (26), Anju (28) and their father Kalicharan (65), who got severely injured.

According to police, the incident took place around 10pm at a house in Rajeev Nagar, where an iron grill laced with live wires caused the electrocution.

A police control room (PCR) call by a neighbour was received around 10:56pm asking to cut the power supply and by the time police reached, the neighbours had taken the injured to a nearby hospital.

According to investigations, the house had ex...