IISc Researchers Held For ‘Hunting’ At Panna Reserve
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 32
No. 4,
April 2012
Ishan Agrawal and Aniruddha Datta Roy, both PhD students in their mid 20s, were released on bail on Monday (April 9) after spending two days in jail and a day in detention.
The duo was arrested late on Friday last (April 6) and a specimen of skink (a species of lizard), a tail of skink and two specimens of scorpions and their vehicle, parked on the national highway passing through the PTR, were seized by the field staff.
A local contact Viral Mistri and one Tarun Singh were also arrested.
While the PTR maintained that the four were found 150 to 200 metre inside the reserve and could not satisfactorily explain their presence at 10.30 pm, the researchers claimed that one of them was relieving himself and the rest were standing guard. Read the full report here.
Source: Milind Ghatwai, Indian Express, Bhopal.
