Killing tigers for genitals a new concern for MP: Panna royals wrote to PM for CBI probe
16 Sep 2020
BHOPAL:
Will Panna tigers be pushed back to oblivion, again? With five tigers
dead in just eight months — including one floating in Ken river,
beheaded and with its genitals severed — the forest ministry has set up
a central team to probe the deaths.
Investigators here are digging out a cold case where a beheaded tiger was found floating in the same river in 2005.
The
ministry’s team, comprising senior officers from NTCA, Wildlife Crime
Control Bureau (WCCB) and wildlife Trust of India (WTI), will
investigate the “circumstances leading to the disturbing developments
inside Panna Tiger Reserve”.
It was the death of tiger P123 that put
wildlife officials on their toes. Its headless carcass was found
floating in Ken near PTR’s Hinauta range on August 9.
After it
was pulled ashore, foresters realized its paws and genitals had been
severed. It reminded investigators of a similar case 15 years earlier,
which remains unsolved.
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