BARIPADA: Forest officials of Pithabata South Wildlife range under Similipal Tiger Reserve arrested five suspected poachers and seized four guns from their possession on Wednesday. The accused are Karunakar Mallick, Kartika Bhakta, Bhola Bhakta, Gunu Bhakta and Rabi Bhakta, all residents of Besarpani village within Baripada Sadar police limits. Deputy director of STR South Wildlife Division Samrat Gowda said recently, …
The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act and further investigation is underway Mandla: Police have arrested four poachers and seized from them a tiger hide, its claws and the teeth of a wild boar in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district, an official said Sunday. The skin of a tiger, its claws and four teeth of a …