Rayagada, May 10: Rayagada Forest department officials on Thursday seized two elephanttusks and detained two persons in this connection.
Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a raid at KalyanpurRange in Rayagada district and arrested two persons identified as SurendraNahak and Sankar Kandagari. Both theaccused were caught red-handed with the tusks while they were busy cooking neara Shiv Temple.
They were brought to Sikarpai section of Kalyanpur Range forinterrogation. After the primary investigation, it was ascertained that, while SurendraNahak works as a spice businessman in Kalyansingpur area, another person SankarKandagari of Pradhaniguda village under Sunakhandi Panchayat works in the Electric Department in Bisama Cuttack.
