JAIPUR: In the investigation of killing of a tigress and a male panther, CBI on Friday arrested an absconding accused who was evading arrest since 2005.
In a similar case, an accused was arrested and convicted by the court in 2019 itself. The accused identified as Balya Bawaria was arrested by CBI. “He was produced in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate, Jaipur and was sent to judicial custody,” said R C Joshi, chief information officer and spokesperson, CBI, in an official release on Friday.
According to the CBI, the agency had registered two cases on June 30, 2005 on the request of then government of Rajasthan and further notification from Govt of India and took over the investigation of these cases, earlier registered by Forest Department, Sariska (Rajasthan). “The first case was registered on the allegations that in 2004, the accused killed a tigress in the forest of Kali Ghati near ‘Kala Kund’, Sariska using topisar gun and iron traps.
He took out the skin of tigress and sold it for Rs 50,000. The second case was registered on the allegations that another accused in 2003 killed a male panther at Kali Ka Dhaba, Jungle of Bighauta, Alwar, by using firearm, iron trap and its skin was sold for Rs 1,800,” said an officer.
