1 July 2019



Nagpur: In a grim reminder of the horror of tiger poaching in 2013 by Baheliya gangs in Vidarbha, Bhandara forest officials have busted a local gang involved in poaching of three tigers, a leopard and several herbivores. Seven persons have been arrested.

Officials confirmed poaching of two tigers and seized a piece of tiger skin, 22 claws of tigers and 2 of leopard, cooked and raw meat of wild boar, seven deer antlers. All the accused have been remanded to forest custody (FCR) till July 5 by Tumsar court.

A tiger has 18 claws and seizure of 22 claws indicates more than one tiger was poached. “While one resident tiger of Nakadongri area was poached on June 28, we are digging deep as to when the second tiger was killed,” said Bhandara deputy conservator Vivek Hoshing.

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