Kadapa: Two youths suffered electrocution after they came into contact with a live electric fence erected to protect agricultural fields from wild boars at Kona Ananthapuram village in Mylavaram mandal of YSR Kadapa district late on Saturday night.
The deceased have been identified as Ram Charan, 20, a native of Talamanchipatnam, and K. Jambulaiah, 22, from Kalugotla in Nandyal district.
According to police, the youngsters entered the agricultural fields around 9 p.m. to hunt rabbits. They reportedly failed to notice the electrified wire in the darkness and died on the spot.
Area people found their bodies near the fence and alerted the police.
Farmers in the village have been illegally setting up electric fencing around their fields to protect crops from wild boars. Such unauthorised electrification is posing a threat not only to animals but people, particularly at night.
Police have shifted the bodies for post-mortem. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway.
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