Three persons were detained and a forest ranger was served show cause notice after a tusker’s body was seized, with teeth chopped off, in Sunapali Chandili forest of Kotsamlei gram panchayat under Ullunda range in Subarnapur district.
The pachyderm was electrocuted and it is suspected that it must be the handiwork of poachers.
On being informed, DFO Sushil Samantray,Ullunda Ranger Siba Prasad Naik, forester Janardan Swain, Gobinda Kanr, Dinesh Majhi and Kiran Kumar Bisoi reached the spot and seized the body. They detained three persons and started an inquiry.
PCCF Harishankar Upadhya issued a show cause regarding the death to Ranger Naik. Meanwhile, locals have been demanding a high level inquiry into the case.