6 days ago
Four Arrested for Alleged Deer Poaching in Erode Reserve
Forest officials were patrolling a protected forest area in Erode district.
They saw four men walking with a gunny bag.
Inside the bag, they found pieces of deer meat and equipment believed to be used for poaching.
The officials said the men admitted to killing a deer.
The four men were arrested.
A poaching case was registered against them.
They were taken before a judge the next day.
The judge sent them to judicial custody while the case proceeds.
Forest officials arrested four men for allegedly killing a deer in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.
The arrests followed a patrol in the Guthiyalathur forest area on Monday evening.
Officials found chopped deer meat and suspected poaching materials in a gunny bag.
The arrested men were identified as Madesh, Rangan, Sadayappan and Kari.
They were produced before a Judicial Magistrate on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody.
- Who
- Forest officials arrested Madesh, Rangan, Sadayappan and Kari.
- What
- The four men were arrested for allegedly killing a deer and possessing chopped deer meat and poaching materials.
- Where
- The incident occurred in the Guthiyalathur forest area of Kadambur Forest Range in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Erode district.
- When
- The men were found on Monday evening and produced before a Judicial Magistrate on Tuesday; officials announced the arrests on Wednesday.
- Why
- Officials said the men admitted to killing a deer in the forest area.
Key facts
- Arrests
- Four men were arrested.
- Alleged offense
- Killing a deer and possessing deer meat and poaching materials.
- Patrol location
- Guthiyalathur forest area, within Kadambur Forest Range.
- Protected area
- Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.
- Discovery
- Officials found chopped deer meat in a gunny bag.
- Legal action
- A poaching case was registered, and the accused were remanded to judicial custody.
Sources
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