Star News Agency

New Delhi. A notorious poacher Bheema, wanted in connection with killing of a tiger, has been arrested. In a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) Gurgaon Police and with assistance from other agencies, he was arrested yesterday from Ballabhgarh area in Haryana. A poaching case was registered against him and tiger bones, body parts, several traps and implements were recovered from his house in Gurgaon by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Gurgaon Police in July, 2008. He has been absconding since then and was declared a proclaimed offender. He is also suspected to have been involved in killing of several tigers and leopards in north India and has links with middlemen and traders of illegal wildlife trade.

His arrest is expected to provide vital clues to the organized poaching and illegal trade networks in the country. This apprehension is in continuation to the efforts of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in busting wildlife crime modules in a coordinated approach with assistance from various intelligence, security and enforcement agencies including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).