Two persons, S. Rajendran (55) and M. Pandi (42), were electrocuted when they went near an electric trap laid for boars in a farm at V. Chatrapatti near T. Kallupatti on Wednesday evening.
The deceased had gone to fetch fodder for cattle around 6 p.m. when electricity leaked to the wet land from the electric trap claimed their life. Police are on the lookout for the farm owner, Ramaraj, who laid the illegal trap.