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A 45-year-old husbandman was arrested for possession of 2 country-made guns astatine his farmland successful Upparapalli colony adjacent Gudiyatham municipality successful Vellore connected Thursday.
The arrested idiosyncratic was identified arsenic K. Gopi. Initial enquiry revealed that Gopi has taken a three-acre workplace connected lease from its proprietor B. Govindasamy, who moved to Hosur with his household a fewer years ago, to cultivate paddy and different crops.
Police said that based connected a tip-off, a peculiar squad conducted searches successful his location and the farmland. They recovered 2 country-made guns, explosives, nets, torchlights and batteries. He told constabulary that helium made the guns connected his ain aft watching videos astir it. He utilized pellets to hunt chaotic animals similar monkeys, rabbits and spotted cervid successful the surrounding forests adjacent Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border. He besides utilized it to forestall chaotic boars from damaging crops.
Police seized 2 country-made guns and different materials. A lawsuit was registered, and helium was arrested and lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. Further probe is nether way.
