A commando of the Greyhounds, the anti-naxal force of the State police, died of electric shock after he accidentally came in contact with a live wire, suspected to be laid by poachers to kill wild animals, during a combing operation in Nasturpalli forest area of Kataram mandal in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district shortly after Sunday midnight.
The deceased commando was identified as A Praveen, 30, a native of Adilabad district.
He was part of a Greyhounds squad that was out in the Nasturpalli forest area on a regular combing operation, sources said.
