Coimbatore: Forest department officials of the Tiruppur Forest Department on Saturday evening arrested three persons for trying to sell four pieces of an ivory tusk for Rs 80 lakh in Tiruppur city.
The arrested persons were sent to judicial custody and lodged in Tiruppur sub-jail on Sunday. The officers recovered four pieces from the possession of the trio.
Those arrested have been identified as V Veerappan63, p muruganaThe 45-year-olds were both residents of Velliankadu in Tiruppur and M Avinashiyappan, 37, of Avinashi in Tiruppur district.
S Senthilkumar, Forest Range Officer, Tiruppur Range, his team and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials received information about the sale of teeth illegally four days ago and worked together to arrest the seller. senthilkumar And his team checked vehicles and stopped two motorcycles in Tiruppur city on Saturday evening. Two motorists and one rider carried two travel bags and officers examined the bags and found four pieces of ivory.
Immediately, he was taken to the Tirupur range officer’s office for further investigation. Preliminary investigation revealed that Veerappan had a garment shop a few years back and was incurring heavy losses in business. He borrowed few lakh rupees from different people and was not able to return that amount and he was facing financial crisis. his wife and son were living Trichy And another son died recently. He was living in a rented room and became a loadman in garment units in Tiruppur. Murugan and Avinashiyappan were engaged in ironing clothes in garment units in Tiruppur.
Veerappan often traveled to Kambam in Theni district in a truck loaded with bananas and often visited a tea stall where he made some friends. He went to some people for ivory and told them that he would sell them. But the owner of the ivory should pay a commission of ten percent for it. A man from Theni visited Tiruppur town and brought four pieces of an ivory tusk in two travel bags and handed them over to Veerappan.
“Veerappan approached his friends Murugan and Avinashiyappan to find a receiver. All three were trying to sell the teeth for Rs 80 lakh. Meanwhile we caught him on Saturday evening and he was arrested wildlife protection act and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate on Sunday. He has been sent to judicial custody. We have seized four tooth pieces and two motorcycles from them,” said Senthilkumar.
The arrested persons were sent to judicial custody and lodged in Tiruppur sub-jail on Sunday. The officers recovered four pieces from the possession of the trio.
Those arrested have been identified as V Veerappan63, p muruganaThe 45-year-olds were both residents of Velliankadu in Tiruppur and M Avinashiyappan, 37, of Avinashi in Tiruppur district.
S Senthilkumar, Forest Range Officer, Tiruppur Range, his team and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials received information about the sale of teeth illegally four days ago and worked together to arrest the seller. senthilkumar And his team checked vehicles and stopped two motorcycles in Tiruppur city on Saturday evening. Two motorists and one rider carried two travel bags and officers examined the bags and found four pieces of ivory.
Immediately, he was taken to the Tirupur range officer’s office for further investigation. Preliminary investigation revealed that Veerappan had a garment shop a few years back and was incurring heavy losses in business. He borrowed few lakh rupees from different people and was not able to return that amount and he was facing financial crisis. his wife and son were living Trichy And another son died recently. He was living in a rented room and became a loadman in garment units in Tiruppur. Murugan and Avinashiyappan were engaged in ironing clothes in garment units in Tiruppur.
Veerappan often traveled to Kambam in Theni district in a truck loaded with bananas and often visited a tea stall where he made some friends. He went to some people for ivory and told them that he would sell them. But the owner of the ivory should pay a commission of ten percent for it. A man from Theni visited Tiruppur town and brought four pieces of an ivory tusk in two travel bags and handed them over to Veerappan.
“Veerappan approached his friends Murugan and Avinashiyappan to find a receiver. All three were trying to sell the teeth for Rs 80 lakh. Meanwhile we caught him on Saturday evening and he was arrested wildlife protection act and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate on Sunday. He has been sent to judicial custody. We have seized four tooth pieces and two motorcycles from them,” said Senthilkumar.