Two men were electrocuted at Agarpara and Belgharia, on the northern fringes of the city, on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The places are near Khardah, where three members of a family were electrocuted on Tuesday, possibly when they were trying to charge a mobile phone in a flooded room.

The twin deaths took the electrocution death toll in the Dum Dum-Khardah area to eight within a span of 48 hours.

Police said they were making announcements in waterlogged areas asking people to be cautious while moving through flooded streets and switching on electrical appliances at home.

However, the deaths indicate a lack of awareness among people about maintenance of electrical wiring.

At least four of the electrocution victims died while charging mobile phones.

Dipak Nath Chowdhury, 65, a resident of Tarapukur in Pashmim Pally in Agarpara, was electrocuted late on Wednesday when he was trying to open the collapsible gate of his house.

The police said Chowdhury had gone out and was about to step in when the tragedy struck. His daughter was with him but escaped her father’s fate.

Chowdhury was taken to BN Bose Hospital where he was declared dead.

The police suspect cracks in the wiring of the doorbell, which was attached to the collapsible gate, could have caused the electrocution.

Hours later, on Thursday morning, a contractual labourer at the Texmaco railway workshop was electrocuted after he plugged his mobile phone charger into the switch board and turned on the switch.

The police said the entire ground floor of the workshop was flooded. The victim, Sona Roy, 36, was engaged in cleaning one of the officer’s rooms when he got electrocuted.

Roy was taken to Kamarhati ESI Hospital where he was declared dead.

An officer in the Barrackpore City Police said the exact cause of the electrocution could be ascertained only after forensic department officials examined the spot.

The power utility company has been alerted, the officer said.