Forest Right activist Ajay Dubey has knocked Prime Minister’s door seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged tiger cub poaching on Sunday at the farmhouse of Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh assembly Rajendra Singh. Besides, hundreds of activists led by Dubey after taking out a candle march laid siege to the bungalow of Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar. Dubey in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the chairman of National Wildlife Board (NWB) and to the member secretary of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) demanded CBI probe into the mysterious death of a tiger cub in the farmhouse of Singh located in the core area of Bandhavgarh National Park (BNP), besides missing of one cub of the tigress Banbei.
Dubey in his letter to the PM and NTCA member secretary said that due to the negligence of BNP administration, continuous tiger poaching is going on. Similar incidence took place on Sunday in that a tiger cub was found dead and trapped by barb wire in farmhouse located in the Tala core area and is near to buffer area of Manpur. Another tiger cub is missing, this when a watch tower of the forest department is located besides the farm house, he added.
Dubey further said that the forest minister has given clean chit to Singh even before a enquiry could be ordered, in these circumstances, it is useless to expect a justifiable action from the State Government. The BNP administration under pressure from forest minister has made only the peon of farmhouse as accused, but has not named the owner of farmhouse in the FIR. Hence, we request you to order CBI enquiry into the case so that justice could be done, he added.
Meanwhile, Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar has said that this is an unpardonable crime and strict action will be taken as soon as culprits are traced. An intensive investigation is underway after carcass of a tiger cub was found in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve on Sunday, he added. It is noteworthy that carcass of about 7-month-old tiger cub was found in a private farmhouse situated between village Bansa and Ghaghod on the borders of Bandhavgarh tiger reserve in Umaria district on Sunday. Examination of carcass revealed that it died due to strangulation by a noose of wire. Minute examination of incident spot is going on.
