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A forensic investigation confirmed that two adult tigers were poached in Madhya Pradesh, their parts smuggled internationally. The probe revealed a large-scale operation led by the Rajgond family, supplying tiger derivatives to buyers in China and Vietnam. Authorities are pursuing key suspects and investigating financial transactions, with INTERPOL's involvement anticipated in this globally connected wildlife crime.

Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) R B Raja on Tuesday extended the magisterial custody remand (MCR) of notorious tiger poacher ajit rajgond by two days till October 17.

The Umred judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) VL Bhosale on Thursday rejected the bail application of notorious tiger poachers ajit rajgond and Rauna.

A former Assam Rifles soldier, Lalneisung, was arrested by Maharashtra Police SIT for his involvement in a tiger poaching network. He facilitated deals between poachers and buyers of tiger parts. Lalneisung was tracked through his online transactions with poaching kingpin ajit rajgond, who was also arrested recently.

A poaching gang arrested by the Maharashtra Forest Department has confessed to killing two tigers in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, prompting an investigation by the state's Special Tiger Strike Force. Linked to an international poaching network, the syndicate has been implicated in numerous tiger killings across India.

Amid a pan India crackdown on absconding poachers, timely action by forest officers saved a tiger cub from deadly trap laid in Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) of Madhya Pradesh.

An Umred court on Tuesday rejected bail applications of dreaded tiger poacher Ajit Chhiyalal Rajgond from Katni and tiger skin and body parts trader Suraj Bhan alias Sarju Bagdi.

Officials investigating the poaching of a tiger in Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary in May this year have filed the chargesheet against accused Ajit Chhiyayal Rajgond and Rauna.

Close on the heels of Nagpur bench of Bombay high court cancelling the bail of tiger skin and body parts trader Suraj Pal alias Chacha, additional district and sessions judge on Thursday rejected the bail of poacher Ajit Chhiyalal Rajgond

WPSI started distributing pamphlets seeking information on poachers in rural areas on Sunday, while the forest department would start a similar campaign on Monday.

On the World Wildlife Day, Kuttu Chhiyalal Rajgond, 35, a notorious poacher involved in killing of two tigers in Khumari near Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary in Nagpur division and one at Tumsar, was dramatically arrested in a village of Katni district of Madhya Pradesh in the wee hours on Tuesday.

The tiger that Ajit killed is suspected to be the full-grown male 'Chaitram' which, along with 'Bajrang', has sired several cubs in the protected area (PA) which is just 60kms from the city.