Man arrested for poisoning tiger in Sariska

A man, who had allegedly poisoned a tiger to death last month has been arrested in Alwar and was remanded to custody for interrogation.

A man, who had allegedly poisoned a tiger to death last month has been arrested in Alwar and was remanded to custody for interrogation.

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The accused, Parsadi was arrested on Friday and was produced before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - Rajgarh in Alwar on Saturday evening, who remanded him to (forest) custody till December 8.

He was arrested under sections of Wildlife (protection) Act-1972 for poisoning Sariska ST-1.

"Facial hair of the tiger was also recovered from the possession of the accused, who is a resident of Kalakhet village in Sariska," a forest and wildlife department official said.