Chinkara hunting case: 2 more held

  • 08/07/2008

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

Nagpur- Two more persons were arrested by Forest officials in the Chinkara hunting case, which prompted Dharmaraobaba Atram to resign as Maharashtra's transport minister. Shripati Wadkar and Sandip Mane were arrested on Tuesday from Pachgani and were remanded to police custody till July 11. Two others, Suresh Biramane and Pradip Wadkar, were arrested on last Friday. Their remand was also extended to July 11. According to police, Biramane is the brother of Atram's accomplice Mahesh Biramane, and Wadkar was the guard at his Pachgani farmhouse. Sources said Atram's guard has admitted before the investigating authorities that he had burnt "something' inside the farmhouse, following orders from his employer. Forest officials had seized traces of animal hair and pieces of burnt animal skin wrapped in a plastic bag from Atram's farmhouse. Investigations had revealed that the body parts belonged to an animal belonging to the antelope family