Poacher Caught At Kuno National Park, Home For India's Cheetahs
NDTV
A gun has been recovered from the man, Alam Mongia. He had hidden the firearm by burying it in a riverbed in the area.
A man with past history of poaching has been caught from the core area of Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP), which is home to cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa, an official said on Saturday.
A gun has been recovered from the man, Alam Mongia. He had hidden the firearm by burying it in a riverbed in the area, said Divisional Forest Officer PK Verma.
Mongia, in his 40s, lives in the vicinity of the national park and is the fourth poacher to be caught from the protected forest since cheetahs were brought into it to revive the species in the country, said the official.
According to the official, Mongia was rounded up in the core area of KNP on April 16 but they kept his detention under wraps to track down two of his associates, who are still at large.
