Four arrested for poaching tiger
The Hindu
Accused confessed they killed the animal to earn extra money to meet their expenses
A tiger was killed by suspected members of an inter-state gang of poachers using an electric trap in the forest area of Mulugu district on September 21.
The incident came to light on Sunday after a joint team of police and the forest staff nabbed four alleged poachers during a vehicle checking drive and seized a nail of the killed tiger from a Chhattisgarh-bound car at a forest route near Kodishala in the tribal majority district on Sunday morning.
The accused were identified as Madakam Naresh, 25, Erumaiah, 24, Madakam Mukesh, 42, and Deva, 23, all hailing from a tribal habitation of Gutti Koya near Kodishala village.
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