Erode (Tamil Nadu) May 20 (PTI) A poacher was arrested and two tusks were recovered from him and a search is on for another person, forest officials here said.

According to forest officials, a patrol team found a male elephant lying dead and its tusks chopped off at Gumdapuram forest area located within Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on April 22. A team was formed to investigate the case.

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The officials arrested Bhomman (52) of Ethegounden Thotti village in neighbouring Karnataka on Sunday in connection with the case. They seized two tusks from his house. He was produced before a Judicial Magistrate at Sathyamangalam, who remanded him to judicial custody.

A search is on for another person involved in the case.

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Meanwhile, the forest officials who conducted an autopsy are awaiting for the result to ascertain the exact cause of the death of the elephant, officials said.

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