Digital Goa News Service
Panaji, April 20 - Unveiling much sensational chargesheet in tiger killing case, state forest department finally named all the five accused charged of killing a tiger, destroying evidence and possessing unlicenced weapon.
The chargesheet is filed before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sattari at Valpoi town.
Father and son were amongst five people chargesheeted by state forest department in the sensational tiger killing case reported a year back.
Ganesh Majik and his son, Suryakant Majik, a civil defence service officer, were booked by the department capping year old investigation in the first ever tiger killing case in Goa.
Nagesh Majik, Ankush Majik and Bhiva Gawas were also chargesheeted in this case, which was exposed by renowned environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar.
The tiger was put to death with two gun shots in Cashew plantation adjoining Keri village and later dragged few metres away and burnt allegedly to destroy the evidence.
The case under arms act for using unlicenced weapon to kill the tiger is also registered against the accused by forest department who have managed to seize only one out of two guns involved in the crime.
The chargesheet has named 15 witnesses including Kerkar in this case, which will be tried later this month in the local court.
The forest department has attached forensic report by Dehradun based wildlife Institute of India (WII) to confirm that the remains of animal collected from the site where that of tiger.
“The sample of hair collected from the site matched during the forensic test,” deputy conservator of forest, Dr G T Kumar, who supervised the investigations told reporters.
He said that the department was informed about the killing through a newspaper report that appeared on April 13, 2009 on a national newspaper.
“Entire investigation began depending on the photograph of tiger carcass published on the newspaper,” he said.
The forest department officials found out that the a local youth had clicked the picture of tiger was it was killed on his mobile, which was circulated via Bluetooth to many mobile handsets and even downloaded on the computer.
Kumar stated that the department had not been able to lay hands on the original mobile phone which was used to click the picture.
The entire case had received a setback after initial findings by WII had ruled out that the animal killed was tiger. Later the final report was positive.
“Preliminary report was based on morph meter which means the examinations are done by observing the samples,” Kumar said.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tiger protection force in UP soon
Lucknow, Apr 20 (PTI) A special force for the protection of tigers, especially from poachers, will be set up in Uttar Pradesh soon.
A meeting, attended by the state Chief Secretary, to work out modalities for setting up the force was held here yesterday, Forest Department sources said.
The force, funded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, will be deployed in-and-around the Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri and other places.
"Though the threat of poaching is almost negligible in the Park, we cannot be complacent," Park Director Shailesh Prasad told PTI.
However, the threat of poaching exists along the 111-km long Indo-Nepal border in UP, he said adding the deployment of force in the area will help in checking the menace.
As per the 2007 census, the number of tigers in UP was 109, Prasad said adding the number had remained static since then.
A meeting, attended by the state Chief Secretary, to work out modalities for setting up the force was held here yesterday, Forest Department sources said.
The force, funded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, will be deployed in-and-around the Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri and other places.
"Though the threat of poaching is almost negligible in the Park, we cannot be complacent," Park Director Shailesh Prasad told PTI.
However, the threat of poaching exists along the 111-km long Indo-Nepal border in UP, he said adding the deployment of force in the area will help in checking the menace.
As per the 2007 census, the number of tigers in UP was 109, Prasad said adding the number had remained static since then.
Tiger kills honey collector in WB
Canning (WB), Apr 20 (PTI) In a fresh incident of man-animal conflict, a tiger killed a honey collector at Sunderbans in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, forest officials said.
The incident happened yesterday at Harinbhanga forest, a core area of the Sunderbans, when the honey collector along with five others were about to board a boat on Goashaba river.
The tiger pounced on the man and dragged him inside the forest, they said.
The six had taken permission from the forest department to venture into the core area between April 15 and May 15 -- the honey collecting season, the officials said.
Search is on to recover the victim's body, they said.
The incident happened yesterday at Harinbhanga forest, a core area of the Sunderbans, when the honey collector along with five others were about to board a boat on Goashaba river.
The tiger pounced on the man and dragged him inside the forest, they said.
The six had taken permission from the forest department to venture into the core area between April 15 and May 15 -- the honey collecting season, the officials said.
Search is on to recover the victim's body, they said.
PM to tiger-range states: Protect big cats
STAFF WRITER 12:53 HRS IST
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Worried over the dwindling big cat population, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of states with tiger ranges to declare buffer areas around the animal's habitat and expedite relocation of villages in national parks.
The Prime Minister's letter has come after conservationists at a recently-held meeting of the National Board of Wildlife, chaired by him, complained of the states' laxity in reducing human-tiger conflicts that often lead to the death of big cats, a senior environment ministry official said.
Singh, in his letter, has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to regulate growing tourism around Corbett Tiger Reserve while telling the Maharashtra government to quickly expedite the process of notifying the buffer areas around all its tiger sanctuaries.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/617472_PM-to-tiger-range-states--Protect-big-cats
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