Poachers have struck again in Maharashtra’s tiger reserves despite a red alert about possible strikes by Baheliya gangs from MP. A mutilated carcass of a tiger was found in the Chandrapur forest range on Friday. The big cat was chopped into 10 pieces and its remains strewn along the Chichpalli-Borda road.
The Maharashtra government had sounded an alert after intelligence inputs suggested that Rs 40 lakh had been paid to poachers to snuff out 25 tigers in the region. Forest officials had heightened vigil and declared a reward for clues. But poachers still managed to punch holes in the security. This is the second episode in two months.
The Chandrapur forest has already lost six tigers this year — five were either poached or killed accidentally and the sixth got maimed in an iron jaw trap. According to the investigators, the full-grown male tiger was first electrocuted and then cut into pieces, stuffed into a gunny bag and transported to Borda forest. The remains were then scattered near the road.
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