The Rajamahendravaram city police seized two tusks of an endangered Asian elephant from an inter-State gang that had arrived in the city to sell them to their targeted customers in Andhra Pradesh.
The Asian elephant falls under the Schedule-1 species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
In a press conference held on Sunday, Rajamahendravaram South Zone DSP M. Srilatha has said: “On the evening of June 4, the two-member gang has been caught while they were waiting at Kotipalli bus stand in the city reportedly to sell the tusks to their sources. We seized two tusks from the gang and arrested them”.
