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The Belagavi constabulary arrested a husbandman connected charges of causing the decease of chaotic elephants astatine Nagaragali scope successful Khanapur taluk. Another husbandman booked nether the aforesaid provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act is absconding.
Officers arrested Ganapathi Sateri, successful the borderline of whose fields the elephants were recovered dormant successful Sulegali village. Shivaji Gurav, different farmer, is absconding.
The enactment follows Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre’s connection that the authorities had taken the decease of the chaotic elephants precise seriously. The elephants were electrocuted connected Sunday.
Forest officials buried the 2 elephants aft post-mortem connected Monday.
A squad of the Hescom vigilance helping visited the spot and began investigation. They told Forest officials that the farmers had installed a star electrical obstruction to support the animals out. They besides recovered that the farmers had hooked the star obstruction to a Hescom powerfulness enactment nearby, which was against rules.
Some section farmers person argued that Hescom officers had failed to repair 2 wires that got chopped from the main enactment and these wires had caused the decease of the elephants. But Forest officials fishy that the farmers had deliberately thrown the wires connected the crushed to trap the elephants and termination them.
Mr. Khandre has besides asked elder officials to cheque if determination was negligence connected the portion of the jurisdictional wood officials successful the incident. “We person received a ailment that wood officials had not conducted owed diligence and had failed to organise a gathering of the stakeholders, including farmers, Revenue and Hescom officials. This space volition beryllium probed,” a elder serviceman successful the Belagavi Forest Circle, said.
The burial was conducted successful the beingness of CCF Manjunatha Chavan, DCF N.E. Kranti, ACFs Shivananda Magadum, Nagaraj Balehosur, Sunita Nimbargi, panchayat and gross officials, constabulary and immoderate villagers.
