A person, who poached a flying squirrel in the forest region in Palangala, has been arrested by forest department officials.
Sunil, a resident of a line house in Palangala village, is the arrested. Two others, Muddu Somaiah and K Medappa alias Harish, are absconding.
Acting on a tip-off, the officials conducted a raid and arrested Sunil, along with seizing the meat, a sickle and a gun used for poaching. A case has been registered.
Efforts are on to nab the rest of the accused.
The raid was conducted by RFO K M Devaiah, DRFO Anand, Monisha, Shrishaila, Sachin, Sanjith, forest guards Malatesh Badiger, Somaiah, Nagaraj, Hussain, Chandrashekhar, camp personnel Ponnappa, Sachin, Prakash, Monnappa and Ashok, under the guidance of Virajpet DCF Y Chakrapani and ACF A J Roshni.
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