Forest officer and police with teeth recovered in Kattupatti tribal settlement on Thursday
Udhagamandalam: A team of forest officials of Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Thursday recovered a stolen tooth from a village, about 6 km from the site of the elephant’s death, i.e. Kattupatti tribal settlement in Sadamparai reserve forest area in Udumalpet. Forest Range.
On the evening of August 29, frontline workers of the forest department found a carcass of a jumbo, whose left tooth was missing, near the Kattupatti tribal settlement in the Sadamparai reserve forest area in the Udumalpet forest range. It is being told that the tooth was cut from the carcass of the elephant. The cause of Jumbo’s death seemed mysterious. Pachyderm would have died a week earlier. No external injuries were found.
According to forest officials, efforts are on to collect and collate different evidences to know the cause of death of the animal. A team has been constituted to investigate the poaching case. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Shekhar Kumar Neeraj told TOI, “It is not proper to name the village from where the tooth was recovered, as it would harm the ongoing investigation. This is the first time in Tamil Nadu that poaching cases have been reduced to zero within four days of the incident.
“At present we are close to arresting the culprits. This will be done soon without leaving any loophole for the criminals.
It was an excellent investigation conducted by the team of ATR officers headed by ATR Deputy Director Ganesan. According to Neeraj, the tooth is huge and about 1.5 meters long, weighing about 15 kg. “The investigation is being done thoroughly scientifically with various DNA fingerprinting and CDR analysis of calls made around time and region,” the official said. He said that extensive efforts are being made to arrest the criminals.
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