India, May 15 -- Acting on a tipoff, the Junnar forest department has arrested 21 persons involved in wildlife poaching during a coordinated raid in a reserve forest area in Hadsar village, Junnar tehsil.

Forest guard Eknath Bangarb from Rajur forest range got a tipoff that around 20 to 25 persons were using Waghuri (traditional traps) to hunt wild animals in the protected area. He immediately visited the said forest area along with forest guards from Nimgiri and Aptale villages and found multiple traps set up and wild animals being driven toward these traps.

The group alerted Pradeep Chavan, range forest officer, Junnar forest division, about the same and additional teams were sent to the area. The operation led to the seizure of 21 Wa...