Gang held for possession of two elephant tusks in Vellore
Forest officials in Vellore arrested three men for smuggling two elephant tusks near Gudiyatham. The suspects had reportedly removed the tusks from a carcass near a reservoir in Tirupati before being intercepted by authorities.
Why it matters
This incident underscores ongoing challenges in wildlife conservation and the illegal trade of animal parts in Southern India.
The Forest Department has arrested a gang of three persons for smuggling two large tusks near Gudiyatham town in Vellore.
The arrested persons were identified as K. Thiruvengadam, 38, a native of Chittoor (A.P.), and his relatives G. Munusamy, 49, and S. Govindaraj, residents of Anaicut in Vellore.
Based on a tip off, a team of forest officials led by S. Pradeep Kumar, Forest Range Officer (Gudiyatham), stopped a two-wheeler, on which the gang were proceeding, when they were checking vehicles at the bus depot on Gudiyatham–Pallikonda Main Road.
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