Jabalpur, July 24 -- The mother of Jagdish Sarvate, a Deputy Commissioner in the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Welfare Department, was arrested after an alleged tiger skin was found at her residence in Jabalpur, a forest official said on Thursday.

Savitri Devi, Sarvate's mother, was produced in court on Wednesday, July 23, and was sent to jail, he added.

Speaking to ANI, Ranger of Jabalpur Range, Apoorv Sharma said, "On July 22, EOW officials informed us that they conducted raids at the ancestral home of Jagdish Sarvate (Deputy Commissioner in Tribal Welfare Department) in which they recovered a Tiger skin. Following which, our team along with Dr Aniruddha Majumdar, a senior scientist, reached there and Dr Majumdar confirmed in the preliminary ...