Forest Department officials on Sunday evening ‘detained’ seven persons on the charges of possessing and processing sambar deer meat at a coconut farm at Mayiladumparai near Udumalpet.
District Forest Officer A. Periasamy told The Hindu that since the offence was committed outside the Anamalai Tiger Reserve limits, the case was compounded for Rs. 4 lakh as fine from the seven persons. The seven detained were M. Sadasivam (49), A. Senthilvel (48), P. Uthaman (47), S. Senthil Kumar (40), T. Sivashankar (30), S. Kangaraj (49) and T. Anand (43). Mr. Periasamy said that Sadasivan and Uthaman hunted the deer at Suduvanparai, a place located on the banks of River Nallar, which is also outside the ATR area.