Two held for using country bombs to poach wild animals, one accused still at large

Two country bombs, knife, mobile phone seized

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Forest department personnel have arrested two persons, who had used country bombs to poach wild animals in the taluk.

The country bomb claimed the life of a jackal. Two accused, Raghavendra and Shivaramu, were arrested. Another accused, Gopi, is at large.

According to sources, the accused had placed a country bomb in a farmland at Satyagala village in the taluk on Saturday night, which killed a jackal.

The department personnel have seized two country bombs, a knife, mobile phone and the carcass of the jackal.

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