Hunter kills boys mistaking them as boars

BHUBANESWAR: A hunter allegedly killed two boys after mistaking them as wild boars at a forest in Orissa's Gajapati district.
"Yudhistir and Shyam aged between 8 and 10 years were shot by mistake when they went to graze goats in nearby jungle of Tintal village in Ramagiri on Tuesday evening," A Sethi, IIC of Ramagiri police station said.
The hunter, Sarathi Pradhan, who was arrested, confessed that he shot the boys mistaking them as boars under the cover of darkness, Sethi said.
Yudhistir managed to run home with his stomach pierced by a bullet and told his father Rankanidhi that Sarathi had shot them, he said.
The hunter had no licence for his gun, the police said.