14 January,2023 05:34 PM IST | Nagpur | PTI
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Four persons were arrested for alleged involvement in the death of a tiger in Pench Reserve, a Maharashtra forest department official said on Saturday.
The carcass of the tiger was found in Paoni unified buffer range of the reserve on January 12, after which a probe began, he said.
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Three persons were arrested for alleged poaching on the same day, while one person was held on Friday evening, said Pench Tiger Reserve Deputy Director Dr Prabhunath Shukla.
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The post mortem was carried out as per National Tiger Conservation Authority guidelines, he said in a release.
Primarily located in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh, the Pench tiger reserve is also spread across 257 square kilometres in Maharashtra.
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