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Man arrested for killing tiger

Madikeri: Suju Cariappa, who allegedly shot a tiger in the Srimangala range of Virajpet taluk in Kodagu recently, was taken into custody by the police on Wednesday night, according to information reaching here on Thursday.

The accused has reportedly confessed to the crime as police had intensified the investigation based on a complaint lodged by Srimangla Range Forest Officer Gajanana Bhat. The rotten carcass of the tiger was found in a ditch near a private plantation belonging to A. Ramesh on May 6.

Mr. Bhat told The Hindu that the accused had hidden the weapon, which he used to kill the tiger, in his plantation. The weapon has been recovered. The accused had killed the tiger on the night of April 29.

A post-mortem was conducted for the second time on Thursday to ascertain more facts, he said. The accused had shot the tiger mistaking it for a wild boar. But, after realising the next day that it was a tiger, Cariappa, with the help of two local tribal people, had dumped the carcass in a ditch in the plantation of A. Ramesh. The paws of the tiger were cut, Mr. Bhat said. Three nails of the tiger kept in the purse of the accused had been recovered by the police.

Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), Madikeri Division, B.B.Mallesh, who is also in-charge DCF (Wildlife), told The Hindu that the killer was not a poacher. Or else, he would have taken away the tiger skin. The paws of the tiger were buried in around the house of Cariappa. The police had seized the gun of A. Ramesh a couple of days ago in whose plantations the carcass was found.

Members of the Sarvajanika Hitarakshana Samiti have urged the police to return the gun since the tiger was not killed by him.

Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil said the nails recovered by the police would be sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to ascertain whether it belonged to the dead tiger.

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