Chamarajanagar, June 28 -- Centre constitutes Special Investigation Team
Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the recent deaths of five tigers - a tigress and her four cubs - near the Meenyam Zone of Hoogyam Wildlife Range in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary.
The tigers died after consuming a cow carcass intentionally laced with poison and placed inside the forest. The arrested include Konappa, the cow's owner, Madaraju of Koppa village, who poisoned the carcass and Nagaraju, also from Koppa village.
All three are in the custody of the Forest Department for further investigation. Veterinarians found traces of phorate, a chemical used in insecticides, in the stomachs and digestive systems of the dead tigers.
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