11 get 4 years’ jail for poaching tusker in Similipal

A court has sentenced 11 individuals to four years in prison for poaching a male Asiatic elephant in Similipal Tiger Reserve in November 2023. The elephant was killed with a poisonous arrow, and its tusks were removed. This conviction is significant in dismantling elephant hunting gangs operating in the region.

11 get 4 years’ jail for poaching tusker in Similipal
A court has sentenced 11 individuals to four years in prison for poaching a male Asiatic elephant in Similipal Tiger Reserve in November 2023. The elephant was killed with a poisonous arrow, and its tusks were removed. This conviction is significant in dismantling elephant hunting gangs operating in the region.