BHOPAL: Three members of a family were
electrocuted
by a
live wire trap
laid by
poachers
to snare
wild boar
in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district late Saturday.
The victims were identified as Prashant Kewat (22), Anil Kewat (32), and Narmada Kewat (50), who lived in Devri village on the edge of Sanjay Gandhi National Park. They used to catch birds by covering entire trees with large nets tied to bamboo poles, Majhauli police station in-charge Deepak Singh Baghel told TOI.
Every evening, they would do a recce to locate the trees where the maximum birds were resting. Then, they would return to place their nets on those trees, Baghel said. "They left home around 3pm Saturday and went to the jungles. At night, they reached a farm in Thoga village where arhar was cultivated. There, someone had laid out live wires on a 100-200m stretch and connected it to the 11KV electricity supply," Baghel added. "It is apparent that the wire was laid to trap wild boar, but all three men came in contact with it and died on the spot. We got information around midnight. The autopsy was conducted Sunday and the bodies were handed over to the kin," Baghel said.
Police registered a case against unidentified persons.tnn
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