AR-News: (India) Pathankot SDM arrested for poaching

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, MARCH 01, 2004 01:26:10 AM ]

PATHANKOT/HOSHIARPUR: Pathankot sub-divisional magistrate Puneet Goyal was 
arrested for poaching in the forests of Narur area in Hoshiarpur district on 
Sunday morning while his two accomplices reportedly managed to escape. The trio 
have been booked under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. 


According to the damage report filed by the forest department, two peahens 
and four dead partridges were recovered from a Mahindra jeep in which the trio 
was alleged to be poaching. The forest officials have also recovered a licensed 
.12 bore gun and some live cartridges.   
Kulraj Singh, range officer (Hoshiarpur), said that the SDM was caught at 
about 9:30 am after a special-tip off. The forest department had laid a trap on 
the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday and patrolling had been 
intensified in areas of Mangrowal, Dholbaha but they had failed to catch anybody. 

full story:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/527588.cms
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