Bhubaneswar, Dec. 14 -- Following a killing spree of elephants, poachers have now hunted a Royal Bengal tiger, which is in the verge of extinction, at Similipal forest in Mayurbhanj district.

In a major seizure, a Special Task Force (STF) team recovered a skin of a Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) at Sridamchandrapur village under Udala Tehsil. While a poacher has been arrested in this connection, two others managed to escape.

Acting on a tip-off, the STF team conducted a raid and arrested the poacher while he along with his team was making a deal to sell the tiger skin in the market. The wild animal's skin was seized from the poacher's possession.

It is believed that the big cat was hunted a month back.

Meanwhile, environmentalists slammed t...