Poacher Caught

CHANDRAPUR: Forest officials have finally made a breakthrough in the sensational poaching case of two tigers at Gondmohadi in Palasgaon range. On Thursday night, a poacher was arrested from Madnapur village in Chimur tehsil and a steel jaw trap seized from his possession.

A semi adult tiger was killed and another full grown tiger was seriously injured after they were caught in the jaw traps laid by poachers in the jungle near Gondmohadi village on April 26. Earlier, poaching of two tigers at the same spot had stirred the entire forest department. Investigators had concluded involvement of Baheliya poachers with some local help in this case. Over a dozen people from the area were interrogated but the forest department

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