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Five poachers arrested from Bihar tiger reserve

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Patna: Five poachers, including a Nepalese national, were arrested in Bihar’s only tiger reserve, officials said Wednesday.

Divisional forest officer Nand Kishor said that five poachers were arrested in the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in the state’s West Champaran district. Forest officials also recovered four heavy nets used to trap wild animals and birds.index

The reserve is situated adjacent to the Indo-Nepal border.

“We suspect that the arrested poachers were planning to target wild animals in the VTR. They may have links with a gang of international smugglers selling exotic wild animals and birds outside the country,” he said.

Kishor said after they were arrested, the forest division issued alerts to forest officials, including rangers and guards, to keep a close watch on activities within the VTR area. “We are not taking any chances as far as safety and protection are concerned,” he said.

According to forest officials, poachers become more active during the winter season.

Last week, the forest officials had arrested three poachers who had trapped an elephant in the VTR area.

“We have been regularly recovering carcasses of animals in VTR, a clear-cut signal that poachers are active,” a forest official said.

A few months back a tiger was found dead within the reserve. The  troopers deployed along the Indo-Nepal border had also recovered a consignment of animal body parts from inside the VTR.

Early this year the carcass of another tiger was found in the tiger reserve.

According to officials, there were 22 tigers in the reserve when last surveyed in 2013 using the camera trap method-based census. In 2010, the number of tigers was only 10.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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