A 24-year-old farmer who was returning home after work in his fields was, along with his bullock, electrocuted, at Karadal village in Kalaburagi district on Monday.
As per information provided by the villagers, Basavaraj Hajisab Hegaleri, the victim, was returning in a bullock cart after spraying weedicide in his fields when he accidentally came in contact with a live electricity wire hanging from two poles on another field.
The farmer and the bullock that was pulling the cart died on the spot.
