They are lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison.A team of forest department officials, led by ranger Suresh, has launched an inquiry into the incident. The field staff seized the guns, two mopeds, a torch and the carcass from them and booked them under various sections of the wildlife Act.The judicial magistrate court at Mettupalayam remanded them in judicial custody. Coimbatore: Five men were arrested for hunting a deer for meat at Ponmalai area in Perianaickenpalayam forest range on Sunday.A team of forest department field staff and anti-poaching watchers had apprehended J Arul, J Durai, J Krishnan, J Velusamy and G Suren, all hailing from Gandhi Nagar at Thimmamapalayampudur near Karamadai, carrying two country-made guns and the carcass of a spotted male deer.
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