RAJBIRAJ: A boy was electrocuted in Maleth VDC-4 of Saptari district on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Manish Sah (15).

Police said that the incident occurred after he accidentally touched a live wire while irrigating his farm with an electric motor.

Sah breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Rajbiraj-based Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital, police said.