BICHOLIM: Forest officials arrested a youth from Tulshimala, Sakhali, for allegedly poaching a wild boar.
Sources said Akash Shetyegunned down a wild boar near the Tulshimala forest checkpost on Thursday. Range forest officer (RFO), GeerieshBailudkar, who heard the shot, rushed to the spot with his team. They found Shetye holding two guns and the boar lying dead next to him.
He was later arrested and remanded to four-day custody by the forest police. The guns and a dagger were seized.
Mahadev Naik, Pradeep Sinari, PandurangSutar, Echit Naik, Vishnu Amonkar, Sunil Ghadi, SharmilaVernekar, and Dayanand Chari assisted in the operation.
