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‘Gajah’ report recommends Four LeT activists remanded to
elephant to be declared as judicial custody till Nov 16
India’s National Heritage animal Jaipur, Nov 3 (UNI) village in Jhawar region of
Four agents of Pakistan- Jhalawar district, was arrested
Mysore,3 Nov:The report wild, they said. by the state government based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) after due investigation,
‘’Gajah: Securing the Future Sources in the forest de- changing the norms for sanc- were today produced before Additional Director General of
for Elephants in India’’ by the partment told UNI that the for- tioning mining projects on the a local court which remanded Police (ATS) Kapil Garg said
Elephant Task Force could ests stretching across periphery of the forests or in- them to judicial custody till here this evening.
well become a lifeline for el- Bandipur-Nagarahole-BRT- side the national parks. November 16 for allegedly The module was aimed at
ephants dying in large numbers Brahmagiri and surrounding Highway projects passing carrying disruptive activities, using Pakistani prisoners/
due to increased man-animal areas abutting Mudumalai and through Nagarahole and blasts and inciting communal agents lodged in different jails
conflict in the forests around Wynad constitute the single Bandipur reserves have also violence in the country through for trapping Indian jail inmates
Mysore, according to conser- largest contiguous stretch of el- been approved. Such activities some misled Indian youth. for joining LeT inspired/
ephant and wildlife habi- also promote mindless expan- While Asgar Ali, supported terrorist/disruptive
tat in the country. sion of resorts under the guise Shakarulla, and Iqbal were and/or unlawful activities in the
Decimation of the for- of eco-tourism, taking a heavy arrested from different places country.
ests, encroachment and toll on the forests. a fortnight ago, the Anti The ATS is contemplating
fragmentation of the el- The task force has recom- Terrorism Squad (ATS) of to seek production warrants
ephant habitat and its mended that the elephant be Rajasthan Police apprehended against the agents for
gradual degradation declared as India’s National Kabil Khan yesterday. interrogation and further
force these animals to Heritage Animal to convey the Kabil, a resident of Khsyan investigation, Mr Garg said.
stray into human habita- message of the animal being a Inter-state drug
tions in search of fodder symbol of unity across diverse
vation experts. only to get maimed or electro- cultures and faiths. peddler held
The report was recently cuted by farmers desperate to Other recommendations Bangalore, Nov 3 (UNI)
submitted to the Ministry of save their standing crops. include starting a ‘Haathi Mere of the city police, working on
The city police today
Environment and Forests. If it There are nearly 160 vil- Saathi’campaign in keeping a tipoff, apprehended one
arrested one person from
is implemented in true spirit, it lages around Bandipur and with the unique association el- Hemram of Chokadikala in
Rajasthan who was trying to
would provide a major boost Nagrahole alone with more ephants have with the culture Jodhpur City of Rajasthan
sell four kg of opium, valued
to conservation of elephants as than two lakh people and 2.5 and people of India since time and the contraband was
Rs 60 lakh in the international
the Mysore Elephant Reserve, lakh cattle, resultingin pressure immemorial, creating aware- seized from his possession.
market, on a busy street in
the nomenclature for the habi- on the periphery of the forests, ness about their fate, and es- The arrested was
the city today.
tat under Project Elephant, is reducing the buffer zone. tablishment of Regional Gajah produced before a local court
A central crime branch
home to nearly 8,500 el- However, the worst form of Centers to serve as education which remanded him to
release said the narcotic wing
ephants that roam free in the degradation was being abetted centers on elephants. judicial custody.