In the wake of a suspected poaching case, where a carcass of a leopard was found at Shilonda trail inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park around two weeks back, the forest department arrested seven people from Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary for allegedly poaching wild animals.

However, 13 people managed to escape from the site. The official seized two guns from the poachers. After the incident, the forest department had increased the patrolling in the park and had launched a massive manhunt to nab the poachers.