Overview
- The DRI's Nagpur unit, which raided a house in Ramakrishnanagar on May 26, recovered 4.058 kilograms of Indian elephant tusk and completed on-site seizure formalities.
- Officers detained three people at the scene and subsequently arrested a fourth person, with local reports naming retired inspector Jamuna Rani Kakabul among the accused.
- After seizure formalities the DRI handed the tusks and suspects to the Mysuru Territorial Range, where forest officials registered an FIR and Deputy Conservator of Forests K. Paramesh took supervisory charge of the probe.
- Investigators are documenting measurements, conducting medical and forensic checks to determine the tusks' age and origin, and tracing procurement routes and alleged buyers, including leads pointing to Bengaluru and possible interstate links.
- The Indian elephant and its ivory are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, trade is banned, and authorities say this operation builds on expanded DRI powers to disrupt organised ivory networks that feed a high‑value black market.