US EditionBreakthrough in M.M. Hills tiger deaths: three key accused arrested
- On Saturday, authorities arrested three individuals linked to the fatal poisoning of five tigers within the Male Mahadeshwara Hills sanctuary.
- The arrests followed an investigation prompted by the discovery of a tigress and her four cubs dead from consuming poisoned meat near Koppa village.
- The accused, identified as Madaraju, Nagaraju, and Konappa, confessed to poisoning a cattle carcass with pesticide as revenge for a cow killed by the tigress.
- Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre stated that the poisoning, which resulted in the deaths of a tigress and her four cubs, was an act of revenge after tigers preyed on local livestock, causing the highest single-day tiger fatality since the inception of Project Tiger.
- Authorities formed a Special Investigation Team led by APCCF Kumar Pushkar to continue probing the case while a high-level inquiry committee was tasked with investigating systemic issues like staff shortages and patrolling gaps.
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Three Men Arrested For Poisoning And Killing 5 Tigers In MM Hills Sanctuary In K’taka
Probe reveals poisoning of tiger to avenge the killing The Forest Department and Police authorities have cracked a sensational wildlife case involving the poisoning and killing of a Tigress and her 4 cubs at the Male Mahadeshwara Hills forest region and arrested 3 persons in connection with the incident. According to an official statement by the Forest Ministry, the authorities are investigating the killing of the five tigers, and three individu…
Tiger deaths at MM Hills: Authorities make changes to Investigation Team - Star of Mysore
Chamarajanagar: Three accused from Koppa village identified as Konnappa, Madaraju and Nagaraju, who were arrested on charges of lacing poison to the carcass of a cow leading to the death of a tigress and her four cubs near Meenyam Zone of Hoogyam Wildlife Range in MM Hills, were produced before the Principal Civil Judge and were remanded to judicial custody. Meanwhile, authorities have made a change in the High-Level Investigation Team which wa…
Leopard sightings and attacks trigger panic in TN's Coimbatore; monitoring intensifies
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Five Tigers Poisoned To Death In Karnataka Sanctuary, Three Arrested
Bengaluru: Three persons have been arrested for poisoning a tigress and her four cubs to death in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills forest region of Karnataka. Recovery of the carcases of the five big cats had created a sensation. This turned to outrage after it came to be known that they had been poisoned. Karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandre said that authorities are interrogating the accused and necessary legal action would be initiated against…
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