The interrogation of nine poachers arrested in Pune for killing a tiger in Melghat has revealed that a woman member of the gang travelled 300 km from Melghat to Ramtek in Nagpur district with tiger skin and bones. This was at the time when foresters knew about poaching rackets in the region and were supposed to be keeping tab. The woman ducked foresters and police and managed to sell the skin and bones to to Sarju Bagdi, a trader from Haryana. Of the nine Baheliya poachers from Katni, seven are men and two women. They have been identified as Nirafal, his wife Minar (who transported the material), son Surival, Lupistan, Arjun, Ujiyal, Nachbai and Wireless. Six of them have been booked for killing the tiger and three for killing a sloth bear in May in the same metal trap laid near Masondi in Ghatang. Forest department sources said Minar transported the tiger skin and bones in a sack to Amdi Fata near Mansar in Ramtek tehsil. There is no direct transport to Amdi Fata from Melghat, yet she managed to transfer the material for Sarju could take it away by May end. Arrested poachers Mamru and Chika have already confessed to killing the tiger in mid-May.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:20:10 +0000
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