Country-made bomb placed for wild boar kills dog; man held

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The constabulary person arrested a 51-year-old antheral from Perur aft a country-made weaponry that helium placed connected a deserted onshore to hunt chaotic boar killed a dog.

S. Selvaraj, a nonmigratory of MR Garden astatine Arumuga Goundanur adjacent Perur, was arrested based connected a ailment lodged by Pradeep Prabhakaran, an carnal payment activist.

Mr. Prabhakaran said a idiosyncratic from the locality alerted him connected Wednesday astir a canine that was recovered dormant with its caput blown off, aft biting into an explosive substance, connected a deserted crippled of land.

He lodged a ailment astatine the Perur constabulary presumption wherever a lawsuit was registered nether Sections 325 (mischief by sidesplitting oregon maiming animal) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 3 (punishment for causing detonation apt to endanger beingness oregon property) and 4 (b) of the Explosive Substances Act.

Subsequent probe by the constabulary recovered that Selvaraj, a regular wage labourer, had placed the country-made weaponry (locally called arsenic avittukai), allegedly to poach chaotic boar. The constabulary arrested Selvaraj precocious connected Wednesday and helium was remanded successful judicial custody.

“According to locals, the accused had placed avittukai on the deserted onshore arsenic chaotic boars predominant the spot astatine night. The explosive was placed during Deepavali holidays truthful that the sound of detonation would look similar that of firecrackers,” said Mr. Prabhakaran.

Published - October 30, 2025 06:33 p.m. IST

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