Berhampur: Forest officials on Monday detained at least three people allegedly involved in killing an elephant and extracting its teeth in the Kanduribari forest area. Marijuana District Seoni.
Forest officials of the forest area found the carcass of a 20-year-old male elephant without teeth and bullet wounds muzagad limit of Ghumusar North Division on 7 July. Forest officials said the tusker died at least three days ago.
“We have detained three people suspected behind the killing of the elephant. We are interrogating them. We cannot rule out the involvement of local people in the incident.” Sudarshan BeheraDivisional Forest Officer (DFO), Ghumusar North.
Forest officials also suspect that the detainees may be involved in poaching and tooth extraction of two male elephants. Boudh District in May
“We suspect that the same hunters may be involved in this case. They may have killed it with the help of the local people tracking the movement of the herd of elephants,” said PK Mishra, regional chief conservator of forests (RCCF), Berhampur.
At least seven people have been arrested for killing elephants in Boudh so far, he said. “We have started the investigation and the poachers will be arrested soon,” he said.
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