Three leopards (a full-grown male, a female and a cub), a wild boar and a mongoose were charred in Surewani area, adjoining Mansinghdeo wildlife sanctuary, 60 from here, after they came in contact with an electrified pole.
The incident occurred after a live wire of 11 KV line that passes through Surewani came in contact with the transmission pole due to loose insulation. The pole thus became electrified with high voltage current. Normally, this should have led to tripping of supply as poles are earthed, but it did not happen.
However, MSEDCL, instead of admitting its fault, washed its hands off the incident. Regional executive director A D Khaparde said, "Who will decide whether the animals died due to electric current? It may be possible that someone burned the animals and put them near the pole."
Section engineer of Badegaon, Namdeo Navghare, who had visited the mishap site on Sunday, has already admitted that the wild animals died due to electrocution after live wire touched the pole. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, Nagpur.
