Tags:Wildlife Trust Of India|Tiger Body Parts|Illegal Trade
BAHRAICH: A court in Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a woman to five years and three months of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for illegal trade in tiger body parts, on Friday.
Dilipo, who belongs to the Bawaria community, was convicted and sentenced by chief judicial magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri, RK Shukla, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) said.
She was arrested after two kg of tiger meat and bones were seized on January 7, 2007, from a hideout in Lakhimpur by the forest department. A leg trap, a mobile set, a device used to remove animal nails and a telephone diary were also seized on January 12 from her accomplice Kalicharan.
After interrogating Kalicharan, it emerged that Dilipo had sold the skin of the same tiger for Rs 40,000. The prosecution was assisted by WTI advocates Rakesh Kumar Srivastava and Sanjay Kumar Rai.
This conviction will go a long way as a deterrent to poachers who regularly indulge in wildlife crimes and will send a strong message to the public, the statement quoted Ramesh Kumar Pandey, deputy director, northern region, of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau New Delhi, as saying.
The Bawarias are a nomadic community, traditionally bushmeat hunters, said Jose Louies, officer-in-charge of the Enforcement Assistance and Law division of the WTI.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/5-yrs-of-punishment-to-woman-for-illegal-tradein-tiger-body-parts/articleshow/7919696.cms
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