Erode: A 47-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, in connection with the electrocution of an elephant in in the Sathyamangalam forest area on March 5.The arrested has been identified as Puttusamy, 47, of Kadaganalli village in Kadambur, in Erode district. Forest officials said he had illegally set up a high-voltage electric fence on an agricultural field within the limits of the Kadambur forest range of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. An elephant was found dead on March 5, and a case registered. Subsequent investigation revealed that it was electrocuted by the illegal fence set up by Puttusamy. Puttusamy was produced before the Gobichettipalayam sub-court and remanded in judicial custody. He was later lodged at the Coimbatore central prison.
