Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person who was attempting to sell pelts of jackal, civet cat and two live monitor lizards and have recovered five pelts of the wild animals and two live monitor lizards from him. The accused has been identified as Yashwanth Rao (48), a resident of Shikaripura village…
Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Forest Mobile Squad have arrested four persons and seized a pair of tusks and four vehicles including three two-wheelers here yesterday. The arrested are identified as Ravikumar and Shivakumar of Tumbasoge village, Ashok of Salakoppalu village of Bettadapura hobli in Periyapatna taluk and Kumara Nayak of H.D. Kote. They were nabbed…
Probe on to identify workmen who engraved exquisite artefacts Mysore/Mysuru: In spite of its sacred status, the Asian elephant is not safe. And they are being killed every other day for the precious ivory. And despite ban, illegal ivory trade thrives. Though the trade is carried out in a clandestine manner, hoodwinking the authorities, there…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad staff have arrested four persons on charges of trying to sell a Sand Boa snake by making the buyers believe that it was a two-headed snake and have rescued the snake besides seizing a Maruti van and three two-wheelers from them. The arrested are 32-year-old H. Kumar of Dadadapura village,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad of Mysuru have arrested three persons for attempting to illegally sell a Brown Fish Owl, a rare species of the bird. The arrested have been identified as Kumar and Mohammad Rafi of Mandya and Rajesh of Maddur. Acting on a tip-off, the Squad arrested the three when they were attempting…
Srirangapatna: Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person, who was illegally transporting two live tortoises and deer antlers and have handed over the accused to the Zonal Forest Officers. The arrested person is 38-year-old Madappa, a resident of Channahallibore village, near Mahadevapura in the taluk. The accused was nabbed when he was transporting the…
One arrested; Wood illegally transported from Chikkamagalur-Hassan region Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad (Police) and T. Narasipur Range Forest officials, in a joint operation, have arrested one person on charges of transporting teak wood logs illegally from Chikkamagalur and Hassan side to a saw mill and have seized the teak wood logs worth about Rs….
Three arrested Mysuru/Mysore: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested three persons who were trying to sell the endangered Slender Loris, which are on the verge of extinction and rescued two live Slender Lorises from them. The arrested are Kiran, a resident of Hemmaragala in Nanjangud taluk, Manohar of Chamarajanagar and Siddaraju, a resident…
Mysuru: Forest Mobile Squad arrested two persons while selling an elephant tusk. The accused are Suresh alias Kulla, a resident of Junglehaadi in Virajpet and Chethan, a resident of Kattekeri in Mandya. Mobile squads sleuths, based on a tip-off, nabbed the duo near Anechowkur in Periyapatna and recovered a 20 kg tusk and a Tata…
Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person who was attempting to sell pangolin scales and have seized the scales weighing about 2.5 kg besides seizing two bikes used for the crime. The arrested is 30-year-old Annappa, a native of Siddaiah Nagar in Hassan. Acting on a tip off, Mysuru District Forest Mobile…
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