Mystery continues to shroud the disappearance of Sunil Kumar, 47, who is believed to have been electrocuted after coming into contact with a live electric wire laid by poachers in the forest area of Chunchupalli mandal near Kothagudem on Friday midnight.
The incident came to light on Saturday morning, after two friends of the victim, a native of Kothagudem, who accompanied him to the forest area, reported the matter to the local police.
A police team searched the area but there was no trace of Sunil.
Police reportedly recovered a battery light used in hunting wild animals in the vicinity of the site. It is suspected that an organised gang of poachers was behind the incident.
The case took a new twist when a youth, suspected to be a member of a poachers’ gang, allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide, when summoned by the police for questioning on Saturday.
Police are on the lookout for the poachers, who laid the electric wire snare in the forest area, to clinch a breakthrough in the case.
