Three police personnel arrested in poaching case

Times of India , Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Correspondent : PTI
HYDERABAD: Three police officials were arrested in connection with poaching of wild animals in Nagarjuna Sagar Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district of, a forest official said on Monday.

Sub-inspector T Malla Reddy, constable Venkateshwar Chari and home-guard Umashankar Rao of Balamuru police station were held last night for allegedly helping a group of poachers from here by providing them with logistics and guiding them to the forest area where the group shot dead a sambar deer and a spotted deer on the mid-night of April 30, Mahabubnagar DFO Sankaran said.

The trio, who have been already suspended, were today produced before a court in Mahabubnagar which sent them to judicial remand till May 15, he said.

The Achampet forest department officials had on May one arrested six persons, including two students, when they tried to flee from the forest area after loading the deer meat and skin in their vehicles after killing them.

The six arrested are in judicial remand. "We are on look out for four other persons including one Nagraj who allegedly killed the wild animals in this case," the DFO added.

 
SOURCE : Tuesday, May 05, 2009
 


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