Following the incident, angry villagers blocked Buguda-Nayagarh road for several hours with the victim's body. They demanded that the state government pay compensation to the family of the deceased man.
Police said wire and some other materials fitted to electrocute wild animals were seized and efforts are on to identify who were involved in the case.
Poachers generally kill wild boars by laying live wire, said forest range officer, Buguda, P K Sahu.
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