Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested five persons who were trying smuggle two elephant tusks near Basavapura village on Mysuru-Ooty NH 181, coming under Gundlupet Buffer Zone and have seized the elephant tusks from them.
Those arrested are 35-year-old Rangaswamy of Aanegatti village, 41-year-old Sanjeev Kumar of Sokkanahalli village, 36-year-old N. Vinuth of Mainelya village, 45-year-old Katiresan of Vinayagapuram and 44-year-old Selvanayagam of Polawadiprivu, all in Tamil Nadu. The five accused were smuggling the tusks in the car (TN-43-K-9367), which has also been seized. A case has been registered against all the five accused and have been remanded to judicial custody.
