# Forest officer dies chasing poachers in Telangana, three booked 2026-08-12T22:34:58+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Forest beat officer Banoth Naveen, 37, was electrocuted on Tuesday night while chasing suspected poachers in the Krishnasagar reserve forest in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. He ran into an illegal live electric wire that sources say was laid to trap wild animals. Police have booked three men from Laxmipuram village, Avula Nagi Reddy, Dasari Naresh and Thati Veerababu, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Naveen died after his team responded to a tip-off about the wire. While trying to apprehend fleeing suspects, he touched a concealed, knee-high live wire in a plantation. Colleagues carried him to an ambulance, but he was declared dead at the Bhadrachalam area hospital. The Times of India reports the wire had been tapped from a transformer on private land. Forest Minister Konda Surekha has ordered a probe and directed officials to provide ex gratia and employment to Naveen's family. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - telanganatoday.com Tags: Bhadradri, electrocution, forest officer, illegal wire, poaching, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/forest-officer-electrocuted-while-chasing-poachers-in-telangana/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/forest-officer-electrocuted-while-chasing-poachers-in-telangana/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.