Leopard Death: HC Imposes Rs 2K Fine On Forest Dept
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 7,
July 2011
A division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Pramod Kode came down heavily on the forest officials for death of the animal due to negligence. The court's missives came while hearing a plea of Ramvilas Sharma of Kamptee and Bhupendra Singh Chandel of Nagpur. They prayed for directions to the government to constitute an independent committee to probe the matter and initiate departmental proceedings against the guilty. They also demanded to initiate criminal proceedings against the guilty for killing the beast.
Last Thursday, the forest department made a startling disclosure, admitting that expired medicines were used to tranquilise a full-grown leopard on May 26, 2007. The animal died after being rescued from a well in Fukeshwar village near the city. Read the full report here.
Source: Vaibhav Ganjapure, TNN, Nagpur.
