Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Out on Bail Sansar Chand's gang continues rampant poaching
Another poacher arrest this time from Haryana has highlighted the challenges facing wildlife protection in India. Bheema, a wanted criminal for killing tigers and leapords and a member of Sansar Chand gang was nabbed by WCCB from Ballabhgarh. According to media reports, investigators themselves accept the limited impact these on off arrests make to curbing poaching and wildlife trade given that most of the nabbed criminals manage to secure bail within no time and are back to their old ways. Sansar Chand India's most dreaded and notorious wildlife poacher was let out on bail by Supreme Court this year in August after Rajasthan Police failed to present a strong case against his release. The poacher has single handedly caused immense destruction to the country's wildlife and as per an admission made to CBI in 2006 he has dealt in trading of no less than 470 tiger and upwards of 2000 leopard skins. Investigators say Sansar Chand;s entire extended family is in business and even during the time he has spent in jail poaching activities have continued with his guidance. As Jairam Ramesh has been saying there is a case for significantly strengthening wildlife laws to prevent such criminals from being let out so easily and until that is done there is little hope of stopping the killings.
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I cannot understand why these wretched poachers get arrested, jailed and then set free. In your article you say that Jairam Ramesh says there is a case for strengthening wildlife laws then why is the Government of India not bringing in a bill to do just that? Do we have to wait until the last remaining wild tigers in India are lost before the Authorities wake up to the dire state of its National Animal?
ReplyDeleteIf the perpetrators of these convictions continue to be let out on bail, wild tigers in India stand no chance of a future. Let us hope that Jairam Ramesh follows his words with strong actions soon.
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ReplyDeleteHe was not let out on bail. He had finished his prison sentence of 7 years in the only case that he was convicted for and there was no other case convicting him, so he had to be released.