As part of the continuing crackdown on the illegal tiger poaching
rackets in the country, one of the king pins in a major tiger poaching network was
arrested on the other day from Haryana. The suspected notorious illegal tiger poacher
Bheema Bawaria had tiger skin in his possession along with tiger skeletons at
the time of arrest, said the officials who made the arrest.
Indicating that his smuggling interests are not just limited
to striped big cats but also to other favorites of illegal international rackets,
he had two live turtles with him at the time of the arrest, according to police
authorities.
Sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation in collaboration with
Wildlife SOS, Haryana Forest Department, NTCA (National Tiger Conservation
Authority), WCCB (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) and Haryana Police have nabbed
the culprit from Gurgaon in Haryana.
The smuggler was earlier booked in 2009 for the same crime,
but was absconding after securing bail from the court.
The issue has also brought to the light that Haryana is a
major centre for tiger poaching rackets in the country. Approximately two
months before a group of six men hailing from Haryana was arrested from BRT
tiger Reserve in the state of Karnataka along with snares and traps. It was
later understood that they had a very strategic way of by-passing the routine
patrolling in the tiger reserves.
However, the new arrest will be a severe blow to the illegal traffic
that is again shrinking the existing striped cats in the country. Many tiger reserves are still have much vulnerability in security measures, which helps
these rackets thrive in the country.
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