India, Aug. 1 -- Two workers were electrocuted on Thursday after they came in contact with an underground power cable while carrying out excavation work of a sewer line for a house in Sector 14, Faridabad, police said on Friday.

Police identified the deceased as Manish Kumar, 55, a resident of Sector 3, and Shehanshah, 34, a resident of Sector 2. Both were originally from Bihar and were working as daily wage workers in Faridabad for the last 10 years, police officers said.

According to police, the incident took place between 4.30pm and 5pm outside a house where work to connect a sewer line was underway.

Inspector Satbir Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Central police station, said that while digging the trench, the two workers end...