Baripada, Mar 30: Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) officials apprehended a total of 9 poachers for engaging in illegal poaching activities within the sanctuary.
According to the information, on Friday night, while a group of poachers was in the act of hunting a wild animal and transporting its meat near Manikpur within the Shimilipal Sanctuary, the Forest Department's Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) swiftly intervened and apprehended 9 poachers. During the operation, Sambar meat and guns were recovered from them. However, further inestigation is on in this regard.