Bhubaneswar, Nov 27: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo on Wednesday warned that the state government would disconnect the power supply of domestic consumers in villages where people are involved in poaching animals through deliberate electrocution.

Singh Deo made this statement in the Assembly in response to a query by BJP legislator Sidhant Mohapatra.

He explained that some villagers have been using live electric wires to poach wild boar and other animals, and that this dangerous practice has also led to accidental deaths of elephants and even humans. Recently, three elephants died in such an incident in Sambalpur district, bringing national criticism to the state, Singh Deo added.