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The Forest Department has arrested 3 younker aft seizing 2 ample tusks from the trio astatine their hideout successful Sarangal Reserve Forest (RF) that comes nether Pernambut wood scope adjacent Gudiyatham municipality successful Vellore connected Wednesday.
The arrested persons were identified by the Forest Department arsenic K. Mani, 22, J. Chinnathambi, 24, and M. Arusamy, 21. They beryllium to Sarangal, Errukkampattu, and Aravatla villages adjacent Pernambut municipality respectively.
Initial enquiry revealed that on with his dog, Arusamy went hunting for tiny chaotic animals wrong Sarangal RF astir a fortnight agone erstwhile helium recovered 2 ample tusks successful a decomposed carcass of an elephant successful the forests.
Forest officials said that immediately, helium brought them to his location and informed his friends Mani and Chinnathambi. The trio decided to fell the tusks successful the wood earlier they recovered prospective buyers for it.
During regular patrolling, a squad of wood officials led by S. Ragupathy, wood scope serviceman (Pernambut), saw the trio successful Sarangal RF. The trio gave contradictory answers to their intent of visiting forests, which is simply a prohibited area.
Forest officials took the trio to the scope bureau successful Pernambut wherever the pack told wood officials astir the tusks. Subsequently, the squad seized them from the hideout successful the forests. A lawsuit was registered against the gang.
Based connected an alert, T.K. Ashok Kumar, District Forest Officer (DFO), Vellore Division, besides inspected the seized tusks. Forest officials said that preliminary enquiry revealed that the tusks could beryllium to a tusker that mightiness person died successful the country owed to aged age. Arrested persons were lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. A probe is nether way.
