A new story emerges as Vadodara Police probe into source of elephant tusks
A new story emerges as Vadodara Police probe into source of elephant tusks
DeshGujarat
July 12, 2024
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A new story has emerged as Vadodara Police probed into the source of
elephant tusks. Police had arrested two persons with two elephant tusks on
July 10. When questioned, the two accused told police that they received
tusks for repairing a truck. The accused have claimed, they don’t know who
was that truck owner and they don’t remember the details of that truck.
According to the accused Azad Hussain, a Bihari driver’s truck broke down
near Golden Chowkdi during the COVID-19 period. The driver approached
Azad’s garage at Golden Chowkdi for his truck repairs. The driver had no
money to pay for the repairs. So, he offered two elephant tusks in exchange
for Rs 12,000 and truck repairs. Azad agreed to the deal. He provided the
driver with food for five days while the truck was being repaired. Once the
repairs were completed, the driver handed over the tusks and left.
Azad further added that he closed down his garage after his health had
deteriorated. Years later, he needed money and contacted Mohammed Irfan to
sell the tusks. Irfan gave Azad Rs 1 lakh and took one tusk. The SOG caught
Irfan with the tusk while he was attempting to sell it. They subsequently
seized another tusk from Azad Hussain.
On July 10, Vadodara SOG personnel acting on a received tip-off, caught
Mohammed Irfan in a rickshaw with one tusk. Irfan confessed that Azad
Hussain had the other tusk. The SOG then arrested Azad and seized the
second tusk from him.
The SOG handed over both accused to the forest department. Forest Officer
Karansinh Rajput conducted an intensive interrogation. The accused admitted
they couldn’t recall the truck driver’s name or truck number.
Azad Hussain and Mohammed Irfan were produced before the forest department
for medical examination and interrogation. They were later presented in
court, which sent them to judicial custody. The SOG registered the FIR
under the Wildlife Protection Act. DeshGujarat