Panna Tiger Death: On Wednesday, the dead body of a tiger found hanging from a tree in Tilgwa Beat of Devendranagar range of North Forest Division Panna shook the entire state, as soon as the incident came to light, top officials of the Forest Department, Panna Tiger Reserve, Police were on the spot. Arrived and started the investigation, here CM Shivraj also expressed his displeasure over the incident and gave instructions for strict action, following the instructions of the Chief Minister, the deputy ranger and beat guard of the range have been suspended.
The hanging death of a tiger shook the Forest Department officials, Chhatarpur CCF Sanjeev Jha reached the spot as soon as the information was received, Tiger Reserve officials reached the spot, called the dog squad and started the investigation by calling the tiger experts . The department started searching in 2 kilometers.
DFO North Forest Division Panna Beni Prasad Dotania BF told that the staff first brought down the tiger, pulled its head out of the clutch wire, the dog smelled it and then went to the house of farmer Inder Singh and Nepal Singh in the nearby village of Vikrampur. But stopped, where Doug found another peg of the clutch wire. When Nepal Singh interrogated Inder Singh, he also gave the name of a third person, who is being searched by the police.
The DFO said that in the post mortem report of the tiger, it was told that all its organs are present, it is clear that this is not a case of hunting, the farmer had killed animals like pigs and rabbits in the farm garden to save his crop. Traps were set for him, but the tiger got trapped in it and he died.
After the incident, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took information from Panna’s forest officials including administrative and police officials and gave instructions for strict action, after which the forest department suspended deputy ranger Ajit Khare and beat guard Arun Trivedi with immediate effect. The investigation of the case has been handed over to SDO Panna.