Bhubaneswar: In another heartrending incident, a man and his wife were electrocuted to death at Bandhagada village in Kandhamal district this morning.

The couple were identified as Dasharath Bhukta and Sarojini Bhukta of Bandhagada.

The husband-wife duo were plucking mangoes from a tree when they came in contact with a live electric wire and died.

A pal of gloom has descended in the area following death of the couple.