Farmer held for poisoning leopardess

Nagpur: A farmer has been arrested by forest officials for allegedly poisoning a leopardess that killed his calf. The case has been cracked nine days after the animal was found dead in a farm.
According to Nagpur deputy conservator of forests (DyCF) Prabhunath Shukla, on September 30 evening, carcass of a leopardess was found under mysterious circumstances in the farm of Rahul Wasnik in Nayakund village under Ramtek range.
Post-mortem was conducted at Nagpur on October 1 and samples were sent for forensic tests. During investigations, the officials had also collected pieces of bones and flesh on a nearby farm of one Gyaneshwar Bharsakre.
Even as the probe was on and statements were recorded, Bharsakre confessed that he had sprayed insecticide on a half-eaten carcass of a calf, which was killed by the beast. The accused was arrested and produced before a judicial magistrate first-class (JMFC), Parsheoni.