Two guards suspended in lion poaching incident

Junagadh, Mar 13 (UNI) Two guards have been suspended for dereliction of duty that led to the death of two lionesses and a cub in Gir forest on March 1.

Beat Guard G J Maiyara and Naka Guard S V Goswami were suspended yesterday by the forest department following a preliminary investigation into the incident, Assistant Conservator of Forest Bhaskar Shukla here today said.

During investigations, it was found that Naka Guard Goswami had not made entries of vehicles entering the forest area for the past one month.

UNI