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Madhya Pradesh tracks poachers with Nagpur links

After a lull, there was some action against tiger poachers in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. In a raid by forest officials in Sewra range bordering Damoh and Jabalpur districts, a gang of 18-20 poachers, including women were tracked but all of them managed to escape.According to sources, the raid was led by Damoh conservator of forest (CF) HS Mohanty. 

The gang included two dreaded poachers Naret Pardhi, around 65 years, and his son Taliyar Pardhi (40).The poachers belonged to Khand village and had reached Sewra forest on Saturday evening. Acting on a tip-off, Mohanty raided the spot at around 5am on Sunday. However, as the raiding party was in the foothills and poachers on the top, they managed to escape.Some women were detained. 

Though no incriminating material was seized from them, sources said a couple of papers related to court cases being fought in Nagpur was seized from them. This indicates that the poachers lodged in Central Jail were relatives of the gang.Jabalpur chief conservator of forests (CCF) Rajesh Kumar confirmed the action and said the poachers had links to the arrested accused in Nagpur.

When contacted, Mohanty said, "We seized some weapons and nets from the women. Some mobile phones were also seized." The forest area was scanned with the help of dog squad. The raiding party came across chappals and other material of poachers."Call detail records from the seized mobile phones have numbers from Maharashtra and can lead to other poachers and clues," said Kumar. 

The MP officials have sent pictures of some detained women to investigating officials in Nagpur for identification.Officials in Nagpur said the poachers belonging to Bahelia community never disclosed their real names and hence their links with arrested poachers could not be ruled out


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