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In a peculiar gesture, the Superintendent of Police (SP) P. Shymala Devi has appealed to tribals successful the Yelagiri and Jawadhu Hills successful the territory to voluntarily surrender their amerciable state made guns.
In coordination with wood and gross officials, the Tirupattur taluk constabulary organised a bid of consciousness campaigns against utilizing amerciable country-made weapons, illicit arrack, and poaching of chaotic animals successful the forests. The thrust was besides meant to beryllium portion of canvass preparedness of the territory constabulary up of 2026 Assembly election. “Tribals tin surrender amerciable country-made guns to the nearest constabulary presumption voluntarily. Their identities volition not beryllium disclosed, and nary cases volition beryllium filed against them,” Ms. Devi said.
Ms. Devi trekked the constrictive hilly stretches, on with constabulary personnel, and met tribal leaders and colony headsman to person them of the request to surrender amerciable weapons to the territory police.
Surrounded by heavy wood areas, 3 large tribal villages specified arsenic Pudur Nadu, Nellivasal Nadu, and Pungampattu Nadu signifier a clump of 32 hamlets. These hamlets are located connected the Tirupattur broadside of the Jawadhu Hills. Most tribal farmers cultivate saffron, sugarcane, banana, and vegetables specified arsenic brinjal, tomatoes, and greenish chilies. They usage country-made guns to defender crops from chaotic animals.
Police said that possession of state made guns could person helped tribals to support themselves from chaotic animals, thefts and tiny hunting purposes earlier independence. It could besides assistance them to transport their nutrient to markets successful the plains and instrumentality location safely. With amended roads and transport aft independence, possession of amerciable arms is unnecessary.
Forest officials said that specified consciousness volition assistance to dispel fearfulness among tribals that cases volition beryllium registered against them erstwhile they surrender weapons to the constabulary oregon wood officials. Also, successful immoderate cases, tribals whitethorn beryllium consenting to surrender weapons, but they were not alert of the mode to bash it. The inaugural is aimed to promote tribals to voluntarily surrender the weapons without immoderate fear.
The inaugural comes successful the aftermath of a bid of state made guns seized by constabulary successful the portion aft constabulary conducted astonishment checks based connected alerts successful 2025. Police said that astir state made guns successful the hills were passed done generations. As per constabulary records, the territory has 177 licensed guns, which are surrendered mostly anterior to elections.
