TIRUPATI: The most-wanted interstate smuggler, fascinated by more than 15 circumstances of unlawful transportation of red sanders logs from Andhra Pradesh’s Seshachalam forests to Tamil Nadu, has been caught.
Take care of Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa’ personality, M. Perumal (33) feeble to smuggle red sanders in ambulances and completely different automobiles. On the opposite hand, the luck that ‘Pushpa’ had didn’t last in case of Perumal. Police nabbed him and his accomplice C. Velu (38) and seized ₹2.5 crore worth red sanders and ₹50 lakh worth of 4-wheelers from them.
Disclosing case critical aspects to journalists in Chittoor on Wednesday, SP Y. Rishanth Reddy mentioned police had seized ₹1 crore worth red sanders logs being smuggled in an ambulance and an auto-rickshaw on Could presumably per chance presumably 25. Whereas police arrested 15 smugglers in the case, Perumal, the kingpin, and three others managed to flee.
Following this, police launched a manhunt to nab Perumal and his accomplices Ajith, Sarath and Vinod. Performing on a tip-off, a crew led by CI Ok. Balaiah and SI V. Rama Krishna organised automobile checking at Cherlopalli inappropriate on the Tirupati-Bengaluru highway on Wednesday.
“The accused include been transferring in opposition to Vellore from Tirupati when they realised automobiles are being checked at Cherlopalli. They tried to flip their automobiles. On the opposite hand, our teams managed to block their automobiles, which include been carrying 100 red sanders logs worth ₹2.5 crore. We additionally caught Perumal and his accomplice,” the Chittoor SP mentioned.
Investigations label that Perumal hails from Koppam put up in Polur taluk of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu. He has godowns near Chennai, where he hides the red sander logs smuggled from Seshachalam forests sooner than exporting them to utterly different countries. Police include taken up the strategy of attaching properties Perumal has purchased by illegally transporting red sanders.
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