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Vijayawada: In a tragic incident, a farmer was electrocuted at Kottapalli village under Bapulapadu mandal in Krishna district on Wednesday. Prasad suffered electric shock and died on the spot.Prasad’s wife Dhanalakshmi was collecting oil palm bunches when the incident took place. Prasad had 3 acres of land in which he cultivated oil palm.The incident took place when Prasad was cutting the palm oil bunches in his farm with a knife that was tied to an iron pipe. Hanuman Junction sub-inspector V Satish rushed to the spot and shifted the body. An 11 KV electric line was passing through his farm and the knife accidentally touched the live wires..