Teen killed by electric snare meant for wild boar in Nilambur; 1 held
Kozhikode: A 15-year-old student, Anandu alias Jithu, was electrocuted after coming into contact with a live wire trap set for hunting wild boars at Vellakatta near Vazhikadavu in Nilambur on Saturday night.
Two of his cousins, Yadukrishna, 24, and Shanu, 18, suffered injuries in the incident and are admitted to Nilambur district hospital and a private hospital.
Anandu, son of Suresh and Shobha of Aamadan House at Atti near Vellakkatta at Vazhikadavu, was a class X student of Manimooli Christ King Higher Secondary School. Police arrested Nambyadan Vineesh, 36, of Puthiripadam for laying the live wire trap near a stream along the forest fringes.
He was booked under Section 105 of the BNS (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), and the investigation of the case was handed over to the district crime branch and DSP C Alavi.
Police said Vineesh set up the live wire trap by illegally drawing power from the KSEB LP line next to the stream using a wooden pole with a metal hook. The five-member group, including Anandu's friends and relatives, had gone fishing in the Chattipara stream using nets when the incident happened around 8.30 pm.
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The post-mortem report confirmed the death as due to electrocution and said the boy suffered three burn injuries, including in the stomach, on coming into contact with the live wire.
Nilambur DSP Saju K Abraham said the accused was nabbed around 7.15am. He said that as of now, police had information about only one accused, but added that the investigation was underway. Police will be examining the call records of the accused as well, he said.
Shyam Kumar, a resident of the area who took part in the rescue operation, said he was informed about the incident by Maneesh, who was part of the group. The three, including Anandu, had fallen into the stream after coming into contact with the live wire. He managed to pull Anandu out of the water with a pole but could not save him. The others were rescued after the fuse in the KSEB line was removed.
"We had complained of poaching gangs illegally laying live wire traps extending to 500 metres by connecting it to the KSEB power line and asked authorities to make the overhead power line an insulated one," he said, adding that poachers had made the sale of wild meat a business in the area.
Emotional scenes abounded when Anandu's body was placed for homage at the Manimooli school and later at his house. The funeral was held at the Kuttikunnu public cemetery near his house.
There has been an increase in deaths due to electrocution from illegal fences and live wire traps laid to capture wild animals in the state. In 2023-24, 16 persons died due to contact with illegal fences in the state. According to electrical inspectorate officials, prior permission is required to install electric fencing, and an energiser is compulsory for installing fences to regulate the voltage supply to the fence.
But in many cases, lines are illegally drawn from overhead KSEB power cables and connected to fences or traps.
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