Two persons, including a class XII student, who had gone for hunting wild boars, were electrocuted to death when they came in contact with live electric wire in Edayapatti forest near Peraiyur here in the wee hours of Thursday, August 24, 2023.
The deceased were identified as S. Anumandharaj (17) and N. Karuppasamy (21) of Edayapatti. A dog that was taken for hunting wild boars was also killed in the incident.
The police said a few persons from Edayapatti and Alappalacheri had gone out for hunting wild boars in the forest area past midnight of Wednesday. When they were proceeding near an irrigation tank, three of them had accidentally touched a metal electric trap kept for wild animals.
