CBI books TN senior citizen for possessing elephant tusks and articles made of animal parts

CHENNAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chennai, has booked a 73-year-old man for possessing elephant tusks and articles made of the parts of protected animals.
K R Nagarajan of Kothagiri was booked under various sections of the Wildlife Protection Act and the Tamil Nadu Forest Act as per the directions of the Madurai bench of the Madras high court.
Nagarajan was arrested by the state forest department last year based on the confessions of a trio who were arrested by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Kanyakumari.
Tusks of elephants, bones, ribs, artefacts (including idols) made of the tusks and articles made of bones of leopards and tigers were seized from him.
Nagarajan stated that he had procured the bones and tusks from people in different parts of the country to sell them. He is currently out on bail.
In June, CBI had registered separate cases on the deaths of two elephants in Hasanur forest range in Erode in 2018.