Firozabad: Three people are red and six injured after contacting the high tension cable in a village here on Sunday, police said.
Police Supervisor (SP) Mukesh Mishra said the incident occurred when a Borewell pipe was being installed in a village that fell under the Nagla Singhi police station.
The power feeder switch is on and when the pipe comes into contact with a tense electrical cable, nine people receive an electric shock.
They rushed to the hospital where Mahraj Singh (32), Keshav Singh (28) and Ramvrij (22) were declared dead, police said, adding their bodies to be sent for postmortem.
The rest of the six injured people have been sent to Agra for care, they said.