3 youths held for deer hunting

Hoshangabad (MP), Dec 5 (UNI) Three youths were arrested today for hunting deer at the Satpura Tiger Reserve in Hoshangabad district.

Forest officials said Gopal, Madan Thakur and Saheb Singh were arrested on a tip-off that they laid electric fencing around the farm at Matkuli village to trap deer.

The patrolling party recovered a tiger skin and the carcass of a deer from their possession.

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