Nagpur: The day after Tiger B2 aka Rudra was departed near Sanctuary Wildlife Koka in Bhandara, forest officials solved the case by capturing the kingpin.
Three more accused of running away.
On Friday, adult tigers were found dead in Road Paldi-Mathadi, 5 km from Koka Sanctuary, which surprised forest officials.
The RS25,000 award was also announced by the Ministry of Forestry.
Acting on ownership by the Volunteers of the Paradaavanan Sanrakshan Bahuudeshiya Sanstha, Bhandara, working for the conservation of wildlife, forest officials on Saturday focused on the hunter gang and captured Kingpin Dilip Narayan Narnawre (54) from Chandori Malipar Village, 5 km from the place where tigers Deposited.
The forest team won 22 logs, 20 insulators, wire bundles, and other tools from Ashok Bhongade agriculture from the Ambadi village.
The accusation claimed he put a wire trap along with the other three on the night of January 27.
After finding that a tiger had died in a trap, all returned at 4am.
According to sources, Narnawre belongs to gang 12-15 people who are habitual hunters.
The gang targets herbivores by placing live electric wire fences through 11kV power lines and also use MSEDCL isolators stolen to ensure that the line does not stumble.
The defendant’s operating area was far from his home village so they were not easily arrested.
In 2018, they also killed leopards.
Gang members are involved in selling shrub meat to the highway Dhaba Wallah and other influential customers not only in the district but also in MP.
Narnawre showed forest officials where the modus operandi to kill animals.
CCF P Kalyan Kumar, who visited the place on Saturday, has directed staff to pick up people who used to buy bushes from this accusation.
“Reports that the 11KV feeder does not stumble, if true, worrying.
MSEDCL must be tested by the breaker.
The Ministry of Forestry must find out whether this special gang finds a way to avoid stumbling when killing animals.
That means the only technology help to detect electrocution is of no use and Local hunters have gone to the next level, “said Nitin Desai, Director of Central India from the Wildlife Protection of Indian Institutions (WPSI).