India:  In the latest wildlife offence, Sundargarh forest officials have made a seizure of wild boar meat and arrested six poachers from Karuabahal forest area under Talsara police station jurisdiction,forest officials said today.
The arrested persons were member of a poaching racket active in the area. Some other members of the racket have evaded arrest.
Acting on specific information that poachers had hunted down a wild boar in the forest area, the wildlife offence was cracked yesterday, said forest officials.

The accused persons booked under sections- 9, 27, 29 and 35 of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 were later forwarded to court.
The gang was actively indulged in wildlife poaching activity in recent past. They were adept in the poaching of wild boar besides other wild animals.

(Source: The Samaja Live)