Rain, gale wreck tribal settlement
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Families seek shelter in caves
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One of the dwellings at Chinnarpathi tribal settlement near Aliyar that was damaged in heavy rain and gale on Friday night. | Photo Credit: SPL
Families seek shelter in caves
When heavy rain started to lash Aliyar near Pollachi on Friday evening, young couple Suresh and Sangeetha from Chinnarpathi tribal settlement prepared for a tough journey.
Along with other families, the couple carried their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Pournika and embarked on a trek through the jungle to an alternative dwelling which had been home to their ancestors for years – the caves.
Tamil Nadu: CBI launches investigation in deaths of elephants, poaching in forests
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into alleged poaching and killing of elephants in the forests of Tamil Nadu. This is an old issue raised by wildlife activists over the years.
In February, this year, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had asked the CBI to probe the larger connections of middlemen, poachers and the kingpins in these killings on the basis of a report submitted by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), read a Hindustan Times report.
On January 5, 2021, CBI had lodged three First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by local police â into the death of an Indian elephant (Elephas Maximus) at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Hasanur (Tamil Nadu) in December 19, 2020; death of another male elephant in April 2014 in Udumalpet Forest Range (Anamalai Tiger Reserve) and the killing of another elephant at Boluvampatt
Two persons run over by truck near Avinashi
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Two persons were killed when a truck ran over them at Nariyampalli near Avinashi in Tiruppur district on Monday. Police said Nandhagopal Krishnan (41), a junior engineer at the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation’s Annur depot, was driving a two-wheeler from Annur with his friend Ananthakumar (37) on the pillion.
When Krishnan tried to avoid hitting a parked vehicle at Nariyampalli, the two fell off the two-wheeler and the truck ran over them. Both of them died on the spot. Avinashi police registered a case.
History-sheeters warned
In an effort to curb crimes, the Coimbatore City Police on Monday held a meeting with around 50 history-sheeters to warn them against repeating any crime. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) G. Stalin spoke to the history-sheeters, who had been arrested for crimes such as murder, theft and possession of ganja and were out on bail, police sources said.