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UDHAGAMANDALAM: The state forest department arrested two men on Tuesday for poisoning a tigress to death in the Singara forest range of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris in November 2020.
A tigress was found dead at Seemarkuli Odai near Aachakarai on November 20. Though foresters did not suspect any foul play initially, tissue samples sent to three different labs for examination showed poisoning as cause of death.
A special intelligence team conducted a meeting with cattle owners and herders in the area and found that four people were involved in the poisoning. A Ahamed Kabir, 26, and P Karian, 25, both from villages hamlet near Masinagudi, were nabbed and remanded in judicial custody. A search is on for the other two.