Coimbatore: After a video of six people travelling on a motorcycle in the city in violation of traffic rules went viral on social media on Thursday, city deputy commissioner of police (traffic) R Mutharasu has instructed traffic police personnel to trace the and seize the motorcycle.
The video seems to have been recorded by someone who was travelling in a four-wheeler.
The traffic police managed to trace the vehicle owner based on the registration number, but only to realize that the owner had sold the motorcycle two years ago and that the buyer hadn’t transferred the vehicle to his name. Now, a police team is trying to trace the buyer. tnn
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Coimbatore: The botanical garden on the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) campus, which was closed for renovation work two years ago, is now open to the public.
The 113-year-old garden, on Maruthamalai Road, is a popular tourist attraction. Renovation work was carried out to give the garden a contemporary touch, while retaining its heritage, educational, scientific and recreational values, a statement from the university said. “We have increased plant diversity. There are rare species and a garden maze.”
The garden now has as many as 80 species of flowering and foliage trees, climbers and creepers, shrubs, flowering annuals, cut flowers, cacti and succulents, ferns, palms and lawn grasses and over 400 species of ornamental plants. All plants have been labelled using QR code to educate the public.
They were granted the bail on Tuesday night and released from Avinashi sub-jail on Wednesday.
The issue came to light after a member of a non-governmental organization took video of the two beating up the 18-year-old female elephant, which was chained to a tree, with canes and circulated the same on social media.
After the video went viral, Mettupalayam forest range officer Palaniraja and team had arrested the mahout and his assistant on February 21. They were subsequently remanded in judicial custody and lodged in Avinashi sub-jail.
The two had moved the Mettupalayam judicial magistrate court seeking bail a few days ago. The court granted them bail on Tuesday night and directed them to appear before the office of Mettupalayam ranger to put their signature every day morning for 15 days.