| MUMBAI: Chief Minister PrithvirajChavan on Tuesday ordered a CBI inquiry into cases of tiger poaching. Ahe statement to this effect was made by the chief minister during the function 'Leave me alone-Save the Tiger' organized on world forest day in Mumbai on Tuesday. "There is inter-state connection and gang involved in tiger poaching cases. Police have certain limitations when it comes to conduct inquiry beyond state jurisdiction. Hence, it would be appropriate to hand over the investigations to the CBI," Chavan said, adding, "While saving the Tiger, one also has to encourage and ensure effective implementation of wild tourism in Maharashtra." Meanwhile, forest minister Patangrao Kadam reiterated the same issue in the state legislative council too. "It is not because of unemployment tigers are killed. But if legislators insist that smuggling of the Tiger skin and nails is the key reason for the poachi ng of the wild animal, then I assure the legislative council that tigers poaching cases will be handed over to the CBI," Kadam said. BJP legislator Shobha Phadnavis in the council said that people do not have employment under the national rural employment guarantee scheme. "Many of these people enter the forest areas in want of a job and sometimes even might lead to the killing of tigers," she added. In his reply, Kadam said, "The statement made by the BJP members is not correct as the employment guarantee work is going on as per schedule." ---  via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG2szcqWMImzzvElONRMLc0BKYcWQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/CBI-inquiry-in-tiger-poaching-case/articleshow/21498924.cms | |||
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