Chennai:
In a tragic incident, three folks together with a Class 7 scholar have been electrocuted to dying after they inadvertently stepped onto an unlawful electrical fence erected to stop wild boars from getting into into the farmlands.
The incident occurred in Perumpattu village on the foothills of Yelagiri hills close to Jolarpet city in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupathur district on Sunday.
Police stated these useless have been recognized as Ok. Singaram (45), an ayurveda practitioner, his son S. Lokesh (15) and S. Karipriyan (65) who’s a farm assist of Singaram.
A rustic-made weapon, explosives, torch lights and nets have been additionally recovered from the spot.
Singaram and his son Lokesh belong to Mookkannoor village close to Jolarpettai city whereas Karipriyan belongs to Perumapattu village in Yelagiri Hills.
Police after a preliminary inquiry revealed that Singaram, his son Lokesh and Karipriyan ventured into reserve forests within the hills to hunt small wild animals like rabbits and noticed deer within the early hours on Sunday.
They have been coming back from the reserve forest to the farmland in Perumapattu village after they by accident stepped onto the unlawful electrical fence.
Police additionally discovered that the farmland the place the incident occurred belongs to Ok. Murugan who has signed a lease settlement and given the farmland to a different farmer S. Nidhi.
Police stated that Nidhi has been cultivating cereals within the three-acre plot for greater than a 12 months.
It might be famous that because the village is situated within the foothills of the reserve forest, the farmer has erected unlawful electrical fencing across the plot to stop wild animals from destroying the crops.
Karusalipettu Police reached the spot after they have been alerted by the village’s headman and the our bodies have been despatched to the Authorities Taluk Hospital in Tirupattur city for autopsy.
Police have registered a case and an investigation is underway.
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