Canning (WB) Five persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of an adult tiger whose carcass was found floating in a river in the Sundarbans earlier this week.
The five were arrested late last night from various places in Gosaba, adjacent to the tiger reserve in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district with the help of the police, Niraj Singhal, field director of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, told PTI today.
"Interrogation is on and we are hopeful of a breakthrough which will help bust the poaching operation in the tiger reserve," he said.
The body, he said, will not be buried as is the norm but will be preserved.
Tourists had spotted the dead animal on Monday and informed the forest department. During the post mortem at the Alipore zoo, a bullet was found in the animal s head.
