Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday arrested four persons for killing a wild boar and trying to sell its flesh in a village in Rajnandgaon district.
Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Santosh said that Preetam Sinha (21), Rajendra Yadav (25), Rama Nishad (32) and Bhojjat Sahu (33), all from Kotrasarar village, have been taken into custody.
The police reached Kotrasarar village and nabbed them from the village following a tip, the officer said.
They told the police that they poached the wild animal by laying a live electric wire in a jungle with a view to sell its flesh.