Representative image of a leopard.
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Chamarajanagar: The police have arrested a man on charges of poisoning a leopard that was found dead at Homma village, in Chamarajanagar taluk, on Wednesday.
Doreswamy of Homma village is arrested. He has been remanded in judicial custody.
It may be recalled that a six-year-old leopard’s carcass was found in a decomposed state at Homma village on Wednesday. As a carcass of a calf was found at a little distance from the leopard, the Forest department, upon suspicion, sent the viscera of the leopard and the calf to the laboratory for testing.
As soon as poisoning was found to be the cause of death, the Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Tiger Reserve officials initiated a probe and arrested Doreswamy on Thursday. It is said that he had laced poison to the calf that had been killed by the leopard. More details are awaited.