Chennai : A poacher referred to as Junior Veerappan was arrested in his native village in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. Saravanan Gounder (45), pursued by a Karnataka Special Task Force (STF) in the M M Hills region for five days, was tracked down by the Tamil Nadu police in Oonjakorai, Mettur taluk. Karnataka Forest Minister […]
Chennai: Six Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for allegedly fishing in Indian waters. Coast Guard ship ICGS Vishwast spotted a Lankan boat ‘Dulaj Lakmal’ engaged in illegal fishing some 120 nautical miles northeast of Chennai coast, yesterday, a release said. The six Lankan nationals on board were arrested under […]
Mangalore : Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy has informed that the 84 refugees who were recently rescued thereby foiling an attempt of human trafficking, have been entrusted to the custody of the Tamil Nadu police. Even the 13 arrested have been handed over to the TN police. Most of those rescued were from Srilankan refugee […]
