Three arrested for stealing tusks from elephant carcass
The Hindu
The skeleton was found without tusks by forest staff on Oct. 24
The Forest Department on Thursday arrested three persons on charges of stealing a pair of tusks from the carcass of a wild elephant in Boluvampatti forest range limits, near Coimbatore, last month.
Officials said that the accused -- V. Maruthupandy (27), K. Raman alias Thambi (50) and V. Chinnan (50), all residents of Thanikandi tribal settlement in Boluvampatti forest range -- stole the tusks and hid them in the forest with the intention of selling them.
The elephant’s skeleton, with its tusks missing, was found by the frontline staff of the Department in a reserve forest area of Poondi south beat of Vellapathy section of Boluvampatti forest range on October 24.
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