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Bagaha : A Forest team on October 19, 2018, arrested three poachers identified as Indrajeet Kazi, Ajay Kumar Singh, and Nandlal Yadav of village Lakshmipur under Valmikinagar police station in Bagaha police district from Jatashankar forest sector under Valmikinagar Tiger Reserve (VTR).
Sources said that the poachers had spread their nets to trap wild animals when a forest team, on a tip off, reached there and caught the three of them red handed and seized 12 nets. But, two others who were also involved in trapping wild animals disappeared in the forest. Valmikinagar Forest Range Officer R K Sinha said that a case was lodged under various sections of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 against the poachers and they were sent to Bagaha Sub- Jail. Police are searching for the remaining accused.