Overview

• Tripura Police raided Ayub Ali’s home in Kailasahar on August 3 and recovered three elephant tusks
• Ali, a 35–40-year-old electrician, escaped before officers arrived and remains at large
• Kailasahar sub-division police have registered a criminal case against Ali and say they expect to arrest him soon
• The seized tusks are in police custody while forensic analysis and ownership verification are carried out
• Investigators are examining Ali’s background and any connections to earlier poaching and accidental elephant deaths in Tripura