Adilabad: In a rare event, the camera trap was set up to monitor tiger movements within the Neelvai forest in the Manchester Rial region, accidentally capturing poachers entering the area for hunting.
Ironically, the stolen camera helped save the tiger from poachers’ prey. Forest staff earlier filed a complaint with Neelvai police, saying that on March 25, some camera traps disappeared.
The investigation shows that local poachers recorded two cameras while hunting antelope in Bada Tampali Forest Area on March 20, and their actions were recorded. They hide the equipment of Kola Tirupathi’s residence.
In a similar episode, the poacher was captured again by the camera during a hunt in the Mailaram Forest area. They then stole and destroyed two other camera traps. Police identified the poacher as a repeat offender, and during the investigation, four of them admitted to stealing and damaging the camera. Vemanapalli police officers have seized four camera traps and a hunting light powered by the defendant from the defendant on March 9.
