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The total number of accused now is 18, and the number may go up, according to police.
Wildlife experts have advised people passing through the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary to be vigilant.
Not just the wildlife tourism zones, trekking trails and waterfalls across the district under the control of the Forest Department have been closed to visitors.
Hyderabad-based sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, who killed man-eater tigress Avni, was reportedly invited to join Operation Belur Makhna.
The front also boycotted the all-party meeting convened by three ministers to discuss the spurt of wildlife attacks and human deaths in Wayanad on Tuesday.
Five cases registered over the violence in this connection, police said, adding more arrests will follow.
It takes up to two months to repair an ambulance, laments medical fraternity
Locals, reeling under the impact of wildlife encroachment, are staging protests that transcend political affiliations.
On Saturday, a wild elephant radio-collared by the Karnataka Forest Dept trampled 42-year-old Panachiyil Ajeesh to death at Padamala near Mananthavady in Wayanad district.
The government said it suspended mobile phone services ahead of the election on Thursday as a security measure, and they were being partially resumed.