erode a 51yearold man was arrested for killing a cow which accidently bit an avuttukkai countrymade bomb that he had planted on the land abutting the sathyamangalam tiger reserve to poach wild boarsa police officer said the cow belonged to 60yearold m madevappa of mallankuzhi village near thalavadi he had taken his three cows to a nearby grazing field on fridayi heard a blasting sound after which one of my cows fell on the ground with wounds in its mouth madevappa said he lodged a complaint with the thalavadi police who registered the case and initiated inquirypreliminary probe revealed that 51yearold m amalraj of mariapuram village had placed avuttukkai on the grazing field during interrogation he has confessed to poaching small wild animals with avuttukkai regularly we have seized for such bombs from his house and arrested him after registering a case against him a police officer said