India, Feb. 13 -- The Kerala police have started a probe into the theft of a pair of elephant tusks from the Indian Army camp in the Pangode neighbourhood of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram city, officers said.

Based on a complaint received on Wednesday from officers at the Indian Army station, the Poojappura police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) under sections 331(4) (house trespass) and 305(3) (theft in sensitive locations) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and initiated a probe.

"The complaint states that two elephant tusks, which were displayed inside the officers' mess at the camp, were found to be missing between February 11 and 12. There was a programme held inside the military camp on Wednesday, following which ...