India, Jan. 25 -- The man used to supply meat of migratory birds to various parts of north Bihar

The Bihar forest department claimed to have arrested a notorious poacher with 155 skinned migratory birds in East Champaran district January 24, 2021. The man was arrested from near the famous Sarottar lake in the district that is known as a 'migratory birds paradise'.

The department had been alerted by locals to reports that the poacher along with hunters in the area was trapping migratory birds and selling them at a high price to bush meat lovers and hotels.

"One of our team members acted as a decoy and contacted the poacher, posing as a buyer and won his confidence," East Chamaparan's Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Prabhakar Jha told th...