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Forest officials from Theni along with their counterparts in Tirupur arrested a man wanted in elephant poaching cases in Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Madurai circle conservator Nihar Ranjan said they received specific information that the man, identified as Mani, had been staying at a lodge in Tirupur. Following this, a special team went to Tiruppur on Saturday and arrested him with the help of local forest officials.
Mani was taken to Chinnamannur in Theni for interrogation.
Cases had been registered against him in Periyar Tiger Reserve (Kerala), Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Udumalapet range in the Aanamalai Tiger Reserve (both in Tamil Nadu) for poaching elephants, Nihar said. He was said to be involved in elephant poaching in Karnataka too. Mani had managed to escape after investigations began in Kerala, he said.