Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, Jun 9: Highlighting another incident of wildlife smuggling in the region, three persons have been arrested today in connection with selling/trading of body parts of fully grown Royal Bengal Tiger by joint operation team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau of India, Guwahati team, Assam and Arunachal State Forest Department and Jonai Police under Dhemaji district, Assam.
As per sources from WCCB, a trap was laid to arrest the wildlife smugglers and they posed themselves as buyers of the tiger parts. After a fixed dealing for the  parts with an amount of rupees forty lakhs, the smugglers camped at here Pasighat were brought down to Ruksin gate (Assam-Arunachal boundary) where they were finally arrested by the joint operation team of WCCB, forest department of Assam and Arunachal along with Jonai Police.
The arrested have been  identified as Tajing Jomyang, 52, Jobang Paro, 51 and Tayi Jisi, 47, all  natives.  
As per Rituraj Doley, SDPO Jonai, Jisi is a government official in whose car the dried parts of the poached tiger was transported to Ruksin-Jonai in packed cartons to evade attention by police. Jonai PS Officer-in-Charge, Ghana Kanta Borah informed that, case is being investigated and the case will be registered by the forest department under Wildlife Protection Act etc.
Meanwhile, WCCB officials closely materializing the arrest informed that, wildlife crimes in Arunachal Pradesh is growing manyfold and is a serious threat to the existence of many wild animals including Royal Bengal Tiger which is rapidly declining due to poaching. The officials said that, the Pasighat and its region is turning into a wildlife offense town and so the WCCB are keeping tab on wildlife killings across Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary in Roing, D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary, Pasighat etc.
While speaking on the urgent need to regulate and taking serious action against wildlife crime in Arunachal Pradesh, Tana Tapi, DFO Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve under East Kameng District in Arunachal Pradesh said that, many such illegal wildlife smuggling and trading reports have been reported in this middle central Arunachal parts and he appealed every like-minded CBOs, individuals and societies to come forward in stopping such wildlife destruction in the state. DFO D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasang Taga also witnessed the arrest and extended support in the arrest. 
The arrestees have said that, they received the Tiger from Tuting under Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh which was reportedly said to have been killed by trapping. However forest, WCCB and police officials are investigating the case. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

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