<p>Thiruvananthapuram: A 68-year-old farmer died of a suspected electric shock from a trap set-up for wild boars.</p><p>The deceased has been identified as Sivankutty Pillai of Thamarakkulam. The police have taken Johnson (61) of the locality into custody, on charges of setting the electric fence.</p>.Wild jumbo, calf electrocuted in Karnataka's Sakleshpur taluk.<p>According to local sources, Pillai was found unconscious at a farm at Koduvara on Monday morning and rushed to a hospital. An electric fence was set up at a tapioca farm to prevent wild boars from damaging the crops. Pillai is suspected to have suffered an electric shock from the fence.</p><p>Last week a 15-year-old boy, identified as Ananthu alias Jithu, died after suffering an electric shock from a trap that was set up targeting wild boars at Nilambur in Malappuram. </p><p>The incident had triggered a strong protest in the bypoll bound region as man-animal conflict is a key issue there.</p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: A 68-year-old farmer died of a suspected electric shock from a trap set-up for wild boars.</p><p>The deceased has been identified as Sivankutty Pillai of Thamarakkulam. The police have taken Johnson (61) of the locality into custody, on charges of setting the electric fence.</p>.Wild jumbo, calf electrocuted in Karnataka's Sakleshpur taluk.<p>According to local sources, Pillai was found unconscious at a farm at Koduvara on Monday morning and rushed to a hospital. An electric fence was set up at a tapioca farm to prevent wild boars from damaging the crops. Pillai is suspected to have suffered an electric shock from the fence.</p><p>Last week a 15-year-old boy, identified as Ananthu alias Jithu, died after suffering an electric shock from a trap that was set up targeting wild boars at Nilambur in Malappuram. </p><p>The incident had triggered a strong protest in the bypoll bound region as man-animal conflict is a key issue there.</p>