John Wilbert & Sarthak Kanjilall
Port Blair, September 07: As many as 196 more deadly traps have been removed by the team of Manglutan Range and Manarghat Range of Forest Department today while the teams patrolled in the woods of Kalapahad and Nimbubagicha area.
As per reports, these traps were sighted between Bakarabalu and Dhaninallah. The forest team of Manglutan Range also rescued a Deer trapped in the nylon trap.
The team was lead by Head Forest Guard, Mr. Karthik Sarkar, Forest Guard, Mr. Zakir Hussain, and mazdoors namely Mr. D Ramesh, Mr. Modicai, Mr. Emil Dung Dung, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Patrick, Mr. Prem Kumar Sikdar, and Mr. Rajesh.
Although this is a great initiative of Forest Department to remove all these traps from jungle and save the wildlife but there are many who are demanding registration of police complaints against the poachers and proper investigation and identification of poachers, who laid these traps in forest areas.