Saving elephants, the Hosur way
The Hindu
What began as a project to prevent armed murders turned into an exercise to save wild elephants
It was smack bang during the lockdown due to the second wave of COVID-19 this June that young TNPS (Tamil Nadu Police Service) officer K. Kiruthikaa took charge as the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Denkanikottai, Krishnagiri district. In three days, with the help of her boss, Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri district, E. Sai Charan Tejaswi, she put together a plan to tackle a major issue in the area. Ms. Kiruthikaa’s father, a retired Indian Forest Service officer, helped her, by cajoling the Hosur Forest Department to join the task. Ms. Kiruthikaa and her boss were concerned about the number of murders using guns in the Hosur area, specifically in Denkanikottai, Thally, Anchetty and Kelamangalam. They could not understand how the gun culture had come about in these remote villages lining the Eastern Ghats.More Related News