Coimbatore: The forestry department arrested four men, including hunters who turned national shooters, for hunting wild boar in Marudhamalai Beat in the range of forest coimbatore on Sunday.
Arrested was identified as B Ashok Kumar, Pudur PN, PN.
Sasikumar, 47, from Chinna Thagam, AG Sampathkumar, 39, from Pannimadai and S Devaraj, 55, AthappaPalayam near Tiruchengode in the Namakkal District.
The stating-made gun, the torch is confiscated from them.
On Sunday night, the four wild boar hunts in the reserve forest in the Beat Marudhamalai.
After hearing gunfire, people from Meenakshi Nagar and Iob Colony warned the officials of the Ministry of Forestry who along with anti-hunting observers rushed to the place.
Vehicle.
Immediately, officials secured four men traveling in the car and grabbed the gun.
They were ordered under the protection law of wildlife and returned in judicial detention on Monday night.
According to sources, Ashok Kumar wants to become a national level shooter and undergo training at the rifle club.
Then, he became a hunter.
He was fined Rs 1 lakh for wild animal hunting in the peter in the range of Sirusugai forest in 2004.
In 2013, former Boluvampatti Ranger C Dineshkumar arrested him to hunt for three deer.
The weapon license was canceled by district administration.
On October 25, 2018, Ashok Kumar was arrested along with the other three because it tried to seize wild animals in Narasipuram and the stating gun, and two motorbikes confiscated from them.
TNN.