Highlight:
- The forest department has intensified its efforts to capture the tiger after spotting footprints at two places in Kurukkanmoola.
- Ammani is located at a distance of about 3 km from Kurukkanmoola, where the tiger menace is rampant.
- The tiger’s footprints were found on Saturday morning near Kurukkanmoola PHC and in the forest.
With this, the people here are also in fear. Ammani is located at a distance of about 3 km from Kurukkanmoola, where the tiger menace is rampant. The tiger’s footprints were found on Saturday morning near Kurukkanmoola PHC and in the forest. The forest department is conducting a search in the area on Saturday. The inspection was carried out by four teams led by Range Officers. The search was conducted on Saturday in a five-kilometer radius in the forest at Kurukkanmoola in the Trishileri section under the Begur range.
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The inspection box has also been extended to the wildlife sanctuary. The best tracking team is leading the inspection here. The forest department believes the tiger has not received any food for two days. Therefore, it is expected that it will be caught sooner rather than later. As a precautionary measure, the forest department has warned people to light their houses and barns and to light fires. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case against the people’s representative and a forest department official in connection with the clash that took place in Kurukkanmoola the previous day. According to a complaint lodged by a Forest Department official, a case has been registered against Vipin Venugopal, the new divisional councilor, under five sections.
The Mananthavady police registered a case following a complaint lodged by Wayanad Wildlife Warden Narendra Babu. The case has been registered under the sections of obstruction of justice, intimidation, manual assault, unlawful restraint and indecent exposure. The case was registered against the forest ranger following a complaint by a local youth following a clash between the rangers and the locals. A case has been registered against a forest ranger based on the complaint of Akhil Krishna of the new colony. The Mananthavady police have registered a case under the SCST Act for detention and torture and for insulting a caste name.
Akhil had sought treatment at Wayanad Medical College after being beaten. Meanwhile, DFO office workers were locked out in protest of a lawsuit filed against the councilor. A case has been registered against about 10 DYFI activists in connection with the incident. At the same time, it has been decided to bring in a state-of-the-art thermal drone to test the tiger. Thelmal drone is being flown to Kurukkanmoola from Delhi. This drone can be used for day and night inspections.
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