Owner of jumbo ‘Gulabi’ arrested

  • | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Gulabi was not keeping well for the last few weeks, while Baskar transported it all the way to Pollachi for Gaja pooja as part of a marriage function for monetary gain. Three days after Gulabi, 59-year-old captive elephant from Srirangam, died on the way back from Pollachi, its owner N Baskar has been arrested for gross negligence in maintaining the elephant leading to its death.Baskar, who owns three more elephants, has been charged with violating provisions of Tamil Nadu captive elephants (management and maintenance) rules, 2011. He was also booked under various penalty clauses under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.He was produced in the district court on Wednesday, where he was denied bail and remanded in judicial custody at the Trichy central prison for 15 days.

Three days after Gulabi, 59-year-old captive elephant from Srirangam, died on the way back from Pollachi, its owner N Baskar has been arrested for gross negligence in maintaining the elephant leading to its death.Baskar, who owns three more elephants, has been charged with violating provisions of Tamil Nadu captive elephants (management and maintenance) rules, 2011. He was also booked under various penalty clauses under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.He was produced in the district court on Wednesday, where he was denied bail and remanded in judicial custody at the Trichy central prison for 15 days. Gulabi was not keeping well for the last few weeks, while Baskar transported it all the way to Pollachi for Gaja pooja as part of a marriage function for monetary gain.

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