Elephants kill 2 in MP
Three wild elephants trampled two men to death and injured another person seriously near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
A 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after he was found in possession of two tusks, which he had allegedly removed from a dead elephant a week ago near Gudalur, some 80 km from here, officials said.
Forest department officials noticed that the tusks of the 10-year-old elephant, which was found dead in Devala, were missing and launched a search to nab the poachers.
On information that one Manikandan was reportedly trying to sell the tusks, officials nabbed him this morning, officials said.
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The officials recovered the tusks, which was buried in a farm and produced Manikandan before a local court, which remanded him to custody.
A search is on for the owner of the farm, they said.
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