Five poachers nabbed

Chandrapur (Maha), Feb 9 (PTI) Maharashtra Forest Department has arrested five persons on the charges of poaching a cheetal (spotted deer) near here, officials said today. The animal's meat, its skin and tools used for poaching were seized from them, Range Forest Officer V W Morey said. The accused had laid a trap in Mul Forest Range for the cheetal, which died of electric shock last night, he said. Those arrested are residents of Pethgaon village, located adjoining the forest range here in Eastern Maharashtra, Morey said. The five, booked under relevant sections of Wildlife Protection Act, were produced in a local court which sent them in the custody of Forest Department till February 15.