Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, poachers killed a one-horned rhinoceros in the national park and took away its horn.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI not to take over the probe into Telangana MLA Poaching Case till it disposes of appeal by state police against High Court's order.
In a joint operation conducted on February 24, one Royal Bengal tiger skin, four
pieces of tiger canine, one skull with teeth and 46 pieces of bones were seized, the statement said.
Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is quite impressed to see Assam government's efforts in stopping rhino poaching in the northeastern Indian state.
With only three days left in the high-stake Chandigarh mayoral elections, poaching fear has gripped the major parties and has forced parties to shift their councillors to other states as a defensive measure.
"There were 12 Congress MLAs who had defected. Maheshwaram MLA got the minister post, Rega Kantha Rao got the Whip, and other MLAs got a lot of contracts and financial benefits," Reddy claimed.