Contrary to the claims by the Forest Department, the use of country-made bomb, locally known as avittukai, by poachers to hunt wild animals continues unabated in Coimbatore Forest Division.
Following the death of a tusker earlier this month after it bit into a country-made explosive, forest officials claimed that the practice of poachers using the crude explosive was not prevalent in Coimbatore Forest Division’s jurisdiction any more. They claimed the male elephant possibly came from the Kerala side after having bitten an explosive there.
