A man was electrocuted in Tilathi Kailadi Rural Municipality – 7 of Saptari on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Jiten Yadav, 22.

He was tying up a buffalo in the barn when he received the electric shock last night, according to the District Police Office, Saptari.

Critically injured in the incident, Yadav breathed his last on the way to the Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Hospital, police said.