Three poachers who had laid livewire traps for hunting wild boars were electrocuted by the same wires on Saturday in two separate incidents in Odisha.
In Koraput district, a man named Jagannath Guntha who had placed a livewire for hunting was accidentally electrocuted on Saturday. (GETTY IMAGES.)
In Boudh district, the bodies of Baisyanand Dehury of Kurkuj village and Kaira Bagh of Rambhikata village under Tikarpada gram panchayat were found in a forest near Kurkuj village under the Baghiapada forest range. The duo had connected a 11 KV transmission line with the wire trap. On receiving information, forest officials along with a police team reached the spot and initiated an inquiry into the incident.
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In Koraput district, a man named Jagannath Guntha who had placed a livewire for hunting was accidentally electrocuted on Saturday. Guntha and three others of Khadaput village under Padwa police station had laid the livewires for hunting wild boars.
Police detained three people who had allegedly set up the trap along with Guntha.
A day earlier, the forest department in Boudh had arrested 3 such poachers from the area while they were laying livewire traps.
In a separate case, 8 poachers of Keonjhar district were arrested in Telkoi forest range while hunting wild boars. Meat of wild boar, hand grenades, live electric wires, wooden sticks, and a tractor were recovered from their possession.
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.
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