T.N. govt., CBI nominate officials to be part of SIT to probe wildlife offences
The Hindu
Madras HC decides to wait till March 18 for Government of Kerala to nominate police officials
The State government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday named officers who could be made a part of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) proposed by the Madras High Court to probe wildlife offences in the forests between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Since the Government of Kerala was yet to nominate its police officials for the proposed SIT, a Division Bench of Justices V. Bharathidasan and N. Sathish Kumar adjourned the hearing on a related case to March 18 to receive the nominations before passing further orders.
It was last month that the Bench had proposed a SIT considering the intricacies involved in probing wildlife offences such as poaching in the forests between Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the delay on the part of the CBI in investigating such crimes.
The decision was taken while dealing with a batch of public interest litigation petitions related to protection of wildlife and prevention of unnatural deaths of wild animals due to poaching, electrocution and road and rail accidents.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.