Interpol issues red corner notice against MP's pangolin poacher
October 18, 2016 18:32
Interpol has issued a red corner notice against an international wildlife smuggler Jaiy Tamang (42) alias Passang Limi on the request of the Madhya Pradesh forest department.
"Probably it is the first instance in which a red corner notice has recently been issued by Interpol in a case registered by the Madhya Pradesh forest department in connection with a wildlife crime," an official of the forest department said.
In September 2014, pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) poaching came to light in Balaghat and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh.
The state forest department then constituted a special taskforce with officer in-charge Ritesh Sarothiya, who also is the assistant conservator of forests, to probe the matter.
Following this, the STF arrested Jaiy for allegedly hunting pangolins and tigers, besides illegally trading in their parts, in October 2015 from Delhi, Sarothiya said.
Jaiy was brought to Hoshangabad district where he had been booked and remanded in custody. But, he got bail in November 2015 and since then has gone underground, Sarothiya added.
Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Lance van de Vyver/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016
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