Hyderabad, Aug. 9 -- Two farmers died in separate incidents of electrocution while attempting to repair borehole wiring in Telangana.

On Friday morning, 38-year-old Palepalli Ramesh of Muddaipet in Yalala mandal, Vikarabad district, went to his paddy field to water the crop. When the borewell motor failed to start, he attempted to repair a fallen service wire and suffered a fatal electric shock.

In a similar incident on Thursday evening, Aslam, 33, from Pagidimari in Ootkur mandal, Narayanpet district, was preparing to irrigate his cotton field when he noticed the electric wires to the borewell were cut. While trying to fix them, he was electrocuted and died on the spot.

Local police have registered cases and are investigating both inc...