<p>Conducting an operation near RMC yard, Gonikoppa, the forest department personnel seized a star tortoise being illegally transported in a car from Bengaluru to Gonikoppa.</p>.<p>Four persons have been arrested in this matter.</p>.<p>T Lakshman from Manchala village in Kurnool district and R Lakhshminarayana from Mandalam in Andhra Pradesh, Telugara E Thimmappa from Sidhanur village near Mehboob Nagar, Telangana, and S Nagesh from Bommanahalli, Bengaluru, are the accused.</p>.<p>The star tortoise, an endangered creature, was being illegally transported from Andhra Pradesh to Southern Kodagu.</p>.<p>The car and the star tortoise have been seized.</p>.<p>The accused were produced before the Ponnampet Civil Court and have been remanded in judicial custody for 15 days.</p>.<p>Madikeri CID police forest unit Superintendent Suresh Babu led the raid operation.</p>
<p>Conducting an operation near RMC yard, Gonikoppa, the forest department personnel seized a star tortoise being illegally transported in a car from Bengaluru to Gonikoppa.</p>.<p>Four persons have been arrested in this matter.</p>.<p>T Lakshman from Manchala village in Kurnool district and R Lakhshminarayana from Mandalam in Andhra Pradesh, Telugara E Thimmappa from Sidhanur village near Mehboob Nagar, Telangana, and S Nagesh from Bommanahalli, Bengaluru, are the accused.</p>.<p>The star tortoise, an endangered creature, was being illegally transported from Andhra Pradesh to Southern Kodagu.</p>.<p>The car and the star tortoise have been seized.</p>.<p>The accused were produced before the Ponnampet Civil Court and have been remanded in judicial custody for 15 days.</p>.<p>Madikeri CID police forest unit Superintendent Suresh Babu led the raid operation.</p>
