Elephant was killed at Radhanagar, Diglipur and head was taken to Landfall Island to decompose: Accused
Sanjib Kumar Roy
Port Blair, Oct 10: As more information is pouring in, the Elephant Tusk case is becoming clearer now. According to latest information received here one of the accused of Mr. Ratan Biswas had reportedly confessed infront of police on 29th September that a Feral Elephant was killed at Radhanagar area nearly 3 months back and only its chopped head was taken to Landfall Island by the poachers to decompose it. Poachers had gone to Landfall Island by a machine dinghy and the head of the elephant was kept between two big stones so that the head decomposes fast and they can get the entire Tusk.
Andaman Sheekha’s earlier report had suggested that the elephant was killed at Landfall Island but sources have now confirmed that there are no elephant in Landfall Island.
It is believed that the said accused had also accepted the fact in his written statement given to the A & N Police.
Moreover highly placed sources in Forest Department told Andaman Sheekha that an Feral Elephant with long tusk is not seen in Radhanagar region of North Andaman since last nearly three month.
However, there is still doubt over the issue that how the elephant was killed. While a few people say that the elephant was poisoned while some other say that the elephant was shot.
However, there are also many who strongly believe that those wildlife materials are not elephant tusk. “The curves at one end of those materials clearly suggest that those are not elephant tusk but some bone which connects with vertebrae. May be those are bones of Blue Whale. But in any case a testing must be ordered immediately,” said a senior forest official, who does not want his name to be quoted.
General Public now urge the Lt.Governor to order an thorough inquiry in this regard. All efforts should also be made to trace out the remains of the elephant’s body, which was allegedly killed by the poachers.
Andaman Sheekha has already published various leads in last three edition including the photograph of the suspected Scorpio, in which the tusks were brought. Hope the Forest Department will be able to take some suitable action now.
