Nagpur: Wildlife Crime (WCC) cells in Melghat provide a difficult time for criminals by tracking them from their hiding place.
Until now, cells have helped capture more than 175 criminals in 33 cases of illegal hunting and trade in animal body parts.
WCC is the only cell like that in Maharashtra.
The role of the WCC, which is popularly called cyber cells, has come a long way in cracking down on hunters and traders, mainly dealing with Tiger, Leopard, and Porcupine’s body in the past.
“In the past two months, the Nagpur Forest Division officials have caught more than 30 criminals in the landscape of Tadoba and Pengh Tiger and the role of cyber cells proven important by tracking the location of their calls.
We can immediately arrest at least six criminals in two cases of the last tiger hunting,” said the Deputy Forest Conservator (DYCF) Dr.
Bharat Singh Hada.
“When I posted at Satara, we have won leopard skin.
Here too, Cyber ​​Melghat cell data proved to be very helpful in raising criminals.
In addition, the call detail record (CDR) is also a document that can be accepted in the Court,” Add Hada.
Talk to Toi, Melghat CCF & Field Director Jayoti Banerjee said, “WCC made a simple start in 2013 by Nabbing Hardcore Tiger Poachers from MP.
Now consisting of separate offices equipped with cyber equipment and technology and special teams that include DFO and six Forest guards.
It has two workstations, drone teams, vehicles, cyber tool kits, laptops, and data analysis software, etc.
“” In 2013, several criminal cases initiated by cyber cells had long-term implications.
There are many gangs from Madhya Pradesh Involved in the tiger hunting and smuggling their body parts to traders in Haryana, Delhi, and Punjab.
This led to establishing an international link to China and Tibet.
Wildlife crimes have a broad impact on society, ecology and economics.
This is the third largest trade after drugs and arms, “said DFO Vishal Mali, Kolhapur (wildlife), which plays a key role in them n Cyber ​​cells in 2013.
CCF Banerjee said Melghat cyber cell in CDR, customer details (SDRS), dump data tower, direct tower location, details of details of the internet protocol, interception, international cellular equipment identity (IMEI) surveillance etc.
“Cells maintain a database of wildlife criminals and follow up on court cases.
We are in the process of making multi-storey information networks in Melghat which will provide hunter secret information and smugglers in all cases of important wildlife crimes in Maharashtra,” said Banerjee.
“Wildlife criminals have been high-tech by taking online trade in a large way by displaying a picture of tiger nails and skin.
Our team is led by Forester Akash Sarda and the others solve cases such as IP addresses.
The team has been trained by Maharashtra Intelligence Academy ( Mia), Pune.
This training process is underway, “Banerjee said.
Sarda said Cyber ​​cells provide data on formal demand from the division head on certain violations.
Recently, some cracked cases and criminals put the bar.
“Our team is also trained in lifting fingerprints and fingerprint digitization.
It has been given legal training and has been given a legal toolkit used at violations,” he said.
Not only solving wildlife crimes, but Cyber ​​cells also play an important role in detecting forest fires in 2019.
WCC is listed on the Satellite NASA company that provides a real-time message and map for each RFO, DYCF and field director in WhatsApp and wireless .
GPS is installed in every vehicle and the team is tracked.
This caused a direct response from the staff.
Action in the last 1 year * Crack case: 17 * Accused of being held: 69 * Seizures: Tiger skin, 30 claws, 5 fangs, 10 leopard claws, & bones, 18 sloth nails bear, 1 horn dress, 1 ivory stitch, 10 monitors Lizard skin, 130 Pangolin scales, 2 sand boa and 10 motorbikes