Coimbatore: The officials of the Coimbatore Forest Department on Monday arrested two people for possessing guns without a licence.
Frontline staff and anti-poaching staff of Sirumugai forest range, who were patrolling the villages along the edge of the forest on Monday morning, spotted a multi-purpose vehicle.mpv) Feather Sathyamangalam – Mettupalayam Road Around 1.30 am. When he tried to stop the vehicle, he sped away. Frontline staff chased the vehicle and stopped it at Kovilmedu. Three men managed to escape into the forest. But the officers caught the driver K Lakshmanan33, more of Omalur in Salem the hands of28, of Arisipalayam in Salem.
Both were taken to the range officer’s office in Sirumugai, where they were interrogated. “They told us that they had come to the reserve forest to hunt deer and wild boar. We have seized two single barrel guns and three bullets from the vehicle. “We registered a case and arrested them. He has been sent to judicial custody.”
A special team has been formed to nab the three absconding people.
Frontline staff and anti-poaching staff of Sirumugai forest range, who were patrolling the villages along the edge of the forest on Monday morning, spotted a multi-purpose vehicle.mpv) Feather Sathyamangalam – Mettupalayam Road Around 1.30 am. When he tried to stop the vehicle, he sped away. Frontline staff chased the vehicle and stopped it at Kovilmedu. Three men managed to escape into the forest. But the officers caught the driver K Lakshmanan33, more of Omalur in Salem the hands of28, of Arisipalayam in Salem.
Both were taken to the range officer’s office in Sirumugai, where they were interrogated. “They told us that they had come to the reserve forest to hunt deer and wild boar. We have seized two single barrel guns and three bullets from the vehicle. “We registered a case and arrested them. He has been sent to judicial custody.”
A special team has been formed to nab the three absconding people.