<p>The arrests were made in the state's Kawardha district in a joint raid carried out by police and forest officials. Forest department officials say that more arrests were likely in the case in a day or two.<br /><br />The forest department was under pressure to make breakthrough into the death of the six-year-old tigress which was found dead at Bhoramdev sanctuary in Kawardha, about 200 km from Raipur. <br /><br />Forest officials, quoting the updated probe report, said that the tigress was in all likelihood poisoned to death, probably by poachers who took away its claws and other vital organs.<br /><br />The state government has already suspended a forest ranger, Manas Roy, posted in Kawardha district, holding him prima facie responsible for the killing. It has also set up a committee to probe the killing in detail.<br /><br />The latest killing of the tigress has raised a serious question about safety of the big cats in Chhattisgarh as in September, hundreds of villagers in the state's Rajnandgaon district lynched a Royal Bengal tigress in the presence of forest officials.</p>
<p>The arrests were made in the state's Kawardha district in a joint raid carried out by police and forest officials. Forest department officials say that more arrests were likely in the case in a day or two.<br /><br />The forest department was under pressure to make breakthrough into the death of the six-year-old tigress which was found dead at Bhoramdev sanctuary in Kawardha, about 200 km from Raipur. <br /><br />Forest officials, quoting the updated probe report, said that the tigress was in all likelihood poisoned to death, probably by poachers who took away its claws and other vital organs.<br /><br />The state government has already suspended a forest ranger, Manas Roy, posted in Kawardha district, holding him prima facie responsible for the killing. It has also set up a committee to probe the killing in detail.<br /><br />The latest killing of the tigress has raised a serious question about safety of the big cats in Chhattisgarh as in September, hundreds of villagers in the state's Rajnandgaon district lynched a Royal Bengal tigress in the presence of forest officials.</p>