Poacher Arrested With Tiger Bones, Deer Horns In Madhya Pradesh

The team seized 8.9 kg of tiger bones and deer horns from the possession of the poacher, Balchand Barkade, a resident of Nagpur in adjoining Maharashtra, an official said.

A forest department team has arrested a man hailing from Maharashtra and seized tiger bones and deer horns from him in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district, an official said on Wednesday. Following a tip-off, a joint team of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the forest department's Special Task Force (STF) arrested the alleged poacher from Khawasa village located on the borders of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on late Tuesday night, Forest Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) SK Jauhri told PTI. The team seized 8.9 kg of tiger bones and deer horns from the possession of the poacher, Balchand Barkade, a resident of Nagpur in adjoining Maharashtra, he said. Jauhri said during interrogation, the 40-year-old man admitted he had earlier killed 3 to 4 tigers and sold their body parts.