Four forest department personnel suspended for MP tiger deaths

Four forest department personnel were today suspended for failing to prevent the deaths of three tigers in the first fortnight of December in Umaria district, an official said.
Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Pali Forest area Rahul Mishra said that deputy rangers Mann Singh and Moeen Khan and forest guards Ajay Singh and Naresh Baiga were suspended for being lax in performing their duties in preventing the deaths of three tigers, including a cub, in Umaria district.
The carcass of a tiger was found in Gungutti forest range of Umaria on December 3 while mutilated bodies of a tigress and its cub were found in the same area on December 11.

According to forest officials, the animals were electrocuted for their body parts and eight people had been arrested in connection with these cases.