Dehradun, Nov. 12 -- A 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the theft of five elephant tusks weighing 35 kilogrames from a forest department storeroom in the Laldhang range of the Lansdowne forest division. The accused, identified as Ghulam Mustafa alias Nanu, a resident of Gujjar Basti in Haridwar's Gaindikhata, has a prior criminal record, including cases registered in Haridwar and Najibabad, police said. Pauri Garhwal SSP Sarvesh Panwar said officers zeroed in on Mustafa after a site inspection and intelligence inputs. "SDO Rajat Kapil summoned the suspect for questioning, during which he confessed to his involvement in the theft," he said, adding that police recovered a broken lock from the storehouse and an iron rod fragment used in the break-in from the accused. "The investigation is ongoing to trace and arrest his accomplices," said the SSP. Mustafa was charged under relevant sections of the BNS and the Wildlife (Protection) Act, he said....