Assam & Arunachal WCCB Arrested 3 Individuals in Tiger Poaching Crime
In a major development, three persons were arrested in a tiger poaching crime, which came to light when the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a statutory multi-disciplinary body established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, launched a coordinated operation based on WCCB SRO Guwahati’s input in Guwahati and Harmuti Range under Lakhimpur Division, Assam Police, and Arunachal Forest Department. On February 8, 2022, the Arunachal Police Department confiscated the following things at an Indian Oil A-One Petrol Pump near the National Highway in Banderdewa, Assam.
One full-grown Royal Bengal Tigerskin, four Tiger Canines, one Tiger bone with a head weighing 14.400 kg, and 18 Tiger nails.
The joint team has also detained Yomcha from Arunachal Pradesh, Probin Doley from Assam, and Yomcha Naynay P also from Arunachal Pradesh.
The operation was overseen by Sh. Jawaharlal Baro, Assistant Director in Charge. However, preliminary interrogation revealed that the tiger was poached in reprisal for villagers shooting through the nack while hunting cattle in West Siang Ar. Pradesh villages. The probe has been committed to Harmuti Range.
