Coimbatore: The Ministry of Forestry on Sunday denied the news that one of the camera traps in the reserve forest near Anaikatti had captured the images of gunmen who were moving in the forest and said the camera trap in the region lost three days ago and they have submitted complaints with Thadagam police In this case too.
T K ASHOK KUMAR, District Forest Officer, said the camera trap was installed on a tree more than a month ago for a tiger census.
“Investigations are happening from our side to find people who steal cameras.
We have filed complaints to Thadagam police two days ago and they have issued a community service registrar to us.” He said only two camera traps were installed in the area.
“There is a media report that the camera trap has captured the images of armed men who move in the forest.
This is misleading news.
The second camera is missing from Forest Reserve and how can we collect recordings from one of them?” The clerk said they had asked the staff Forestry frontline forestry to check the visual captured on the camera in any neighborhood to lead.
The Special Division of Naxalite and police specialized police tasks, which conducted a routine spread operation in the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border forest area to prevent Maoist infiltration, also confirmed that they did not receive information about armed men in the reserve forest.
Near Anaikatti.