Two persons have been arrested for poaching a tiger in Metikuppe range of Nagarahole National Park yesterday. Based on a tip-off, Forest officials arrested Puttaiah and Dinesh and recovered skin, nails and canines of tiger from them. The incident occurred on the night of Mar. 3 and the arrest was made by the forest mobile squad.
A search has been launched to nab Sanna, Boliga, Swamy and Balu, who are said to be involved in the case. Dinesh is said to be a habitual offender. He has cases against him for timber smuggling and was also earlier caught in sandalwood theft case and was out on bail.
