The Forest department conducted combing operations in the Mukurthi National Park and forest areas adjoining it to ensure that there is no illegal movement of people and poachers.
Speaking to The Hindu, C. Vidhya, Deputy Director of the Mukurthi National Park (MNP), said that the combing operations were conducted as a series of precautionary measures to step up vigilance in areas surrounding the MNP. Vigil has been stepped up following the poaching of a tiger by a group of poachers from North India in Avalanche earlier this year and following the suspected poisoning of at least one tiger in Emerald a few weeks ago.
