Acting on a tip-off while patrolling in the forest area of Khangwari village last night, the Forest Department of Hoshiarpur nabbed two poachers and seized a vessel containing cooked meat of a wild boar, its leg, one .12-bore single-barrel licensed gun and 43 live cartridges from them.

One accomplice still managed to escape. Those arrested were Parveen Singh, son of Bhagwan Singh, and Bablu, son of a migrant labourer Madari.

Later, they also raided the house of poacher Parveen Singh who was an ex-serviceman, and found a leg of a wild boar. They also seized his .12-bore single-barrel licensed gun and 43 cartridges allegedly used in the poaching.