Digboi, May 30 -- As committed by BV Sandeep IFS, DFO Digboi earlier in the morning, the forest department arrested Nitul Moran (32), son of Lalhikanta Moran of Upper Mamorani in Assam's Tinsukia district, for his alleged involvement in the electrocution of a tusker and chopping a one-foot-long ivory tusk.

A well-placed forest department official stated that, following an intense investigation and continued interrogation, they formally arrested the accused here on Friday afternoon based on credible and tangible evidence and confessions.

'We have recovered several objectionable materials and devices following a rigorous search operation from the possession of the accused, ' added the official.

According to formal sources, a matured tusk...