3 poachers held in Banda for killing wild boars

KANPUR: Three wildlife poachers were arrested on Sunday in Banda district for killing wild boars using country bombs. The authorities also recovered one quintal of meat of wild boars, besides an SUV from their possession.
Raghvendra Pratap, Jamuna Prasad and Raju Kushwaha, of Tatam Maharajpur were trying to smuggle wild boar meat to Punjab and Kerala when they were apprehended, forest officer MP Gautam said.
“The arrested men are professional wild life poachers, who used to make pickle of wild boar meat and smuggle to various parts of Punjab and Kerala. They used to sell one kg of wild boar pickle for Rs 2,000 there. They used to plant country-made bombs entangle with a piece of buffalo flesh in forest cover. Once the wild boar bite piece of flesh, the bomb explodes and kills it,” he said.
He added, “Many other of their aides got information about the raid and are currently on the run. However, soon we are likely to arrest them. Going by the huge quantity of seizure of wild boar meat, it is clear that there are many others involved in the illegal activity. More details will come to fore during interrogation of three arrested poachers.”
Wild boar is a protected species under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
The poachers used to procure explosives from the people involved in mining trade.