4 Aug. 2019



BHOPAL: In a major breakthrough, Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (Wildlife), on Saturday arrested Barsul, who was wanted in connection with several tiger poaching cases.
In 2014, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court had granted bail to Barsul and his relative Yarlen after they were arrested. Barsul was on the run since then.

Said to be a key member of an International poaching syndicate and allegedly involved in killing of nearly a dozen tigers in MP and Maharashtra, Yarlen and his uncle Barsul were picked up in June 2013 and handed over to state forest officials by MP STF after a long chase.
Despite sustained interrogation, both had misled the investigators by identifying themselves as Aryan and Lusalen respectively.

During the initial investigations, the Call Detail Records (CDRs) of Yarlen’s mobile had revealed that he was in touch with Mamru and Chika, who had allegedly poached tigers in Maharashtra’s Melghat town.

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