<p>Forest personnel apprehended a 5-member gang of suspected poachers for smuggling the carcass of a spotted deer after killing it in Yedabetta forest here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrested have been identified as Balaraju, Joseph and Dovi of Basavapura; Venkatesh and Muniraju of Begahalli.<br /><br />A Tata Sumo car, two rifles, knives, torches and 3 country-made rifles were seized from them. The suspects were produced before a court which remanded them in judicial custody.<br /><br />According to the forest department sources, the accused were transporting the carcass of the 3-year-old female deer after shooting and killing it.<br /><br />Conservator of Forests and Director of the BRT Reserve, S S Lingaraju, said the accused confessed to sneaking into Yennehole region earlier, too, and had hunted down wild boars.<br /><br />They seem to be professional poachers. They have poached wild animals and disposed of the meat in cities. A probe is on, Lingaraju said. The team that caught the poachers included Range Forest Officer M Mahadevaiah, Krishnamurthy, K Suresh, Naziulla Sharieff, R Rajashekar, B Nagaraju and Ravi.</p>
<p>Forest personnel apprehended a 5-member gang of suspected poachers for smuggling the carcass of a spotted deer after killing it in Yedabetta forest here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrested have been identified as Balaraju, Joseph and Dovi of Basavapura; Venkatesh and Muniraju of Begahalli.<br /><br />A Tata Sumo car, two rifles, knives, torches and 3 country-made rifles were seized from them. The suspects were produced before a court which remanded them in judicial custody.<br /><br />According to the forest department sources, the accused were transporting the carcass of the 3-year-old female deer after shooting and killing it.<br /><br />Conservator of Forests and Director of the BRT Reserve, S S Lingaraju, said the accused confessed to sneaking into Yennehole region earlier, too, and had hunted down wild boars.<br /><br />They seem to be professional poachers. They have poached wild animals and disposed of the meat in cities. A probe is on, Lingaraju said. The team that caught the poachers included Range Forest Officer M Mahadevaiah, Krishnamurthy, K Suresh, Naziulla Sharieff, R Rajashekar, B Nagaraju and Ravi.</p>
