From correspondents in Uttar Pradesh, India, 05:30 PM IST

A young couple in love was electrocuted Tuesday while trying to elope from their village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahar district, the police said.

The bodies of Alka and Hridesh were found to have come in contact with a powerful electricity wire that had collapsed at the outskirts of the village.

Police officer Balvir Singh said the young man appeared to have lost his life while trying to save the girl, who had more severe burn marks on her body.

Residents of Khargoi village, the two were having an affair. On Sunday night they planned to escape. On Monday morning, the two were found dead.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)