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A 50-year-old Adivasi antheral was recovered dead, with a bulk of his assemblage being consumed by a carnivore successful Kotagiri connected Monday evening.
The deceased was identified arsenic Vellingiri, primitively from Konavakarai colony who was residing successful Aravenu. He had reportedly been missing since Thursday, prompting his household to motorboat a hunt for him successful the area. On Monday, they discovered pieces of his covering successful a beverage property located betwixt Aravenu and Catherine Falls and informed the constabulary and wood department.
Teams from some departments launched a hunt and recovered his remains connected Monday evening with pug marks believed to beryllium to a leopard besides recovered nearby.
When contacted, Divisional Forest Officer (Nilgiris), S. Gowtham, told The Hindu that investigations were ongoing into the incident. He said that portion the carnal had consumed parts of Vellingiri’s body, that determination were chances that it could person besides scavenged connected his remains post-mortem. “We person to behaviour further forensic investigation utilizing his apparel and different clues from the country of occurrence. We are besides analysing CCTV footage from the country to spot if determination are much clues that constituent to the events starring up to his death,” said Mr. Gowtham.
The wood section has besides acceptable up camera traps successful the country to seizure images of the carnal successful the area.
