Forest Department officials have arrested four people in a joint operation with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in connection with a wildlife poaching racket in southern India’s Karnataka. 

The operation took place along the border separating Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and BRT Tiger Reserve in the Chamarajanagar district on August 20.

Footage recorded on August 21 shows their seizure, included four tiger claws, tiger bones, a pair of leopard claws, deer skin, sambar skin, dhole skin, and the skin of two flying squirrels along with their bones.

The operation took nearly one year of planning before the suspects - Mahadev and Kumar of Nellikatari and Rangaswamy and Mahadeva of Gombegallu - were caught red-handed.

Forest Department officials will seek court permission for their custody and interrogation.

Forest officials took into custody four people in a joint operation with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in relation with a huge poaching racket in southern India’s Karnataka. 
The operation took place along the border separating Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and BRT Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district on August 20 and arrested four of them, the department said in a statement on August 21.
The seizure included four tiger claws, tiger bones, a pair of leopard claws, two deer skin, a pair of sambar skin, skin of two flying squirrels besides bones and skins of dholes.
The operation took nearly a year of planning to lure the suspects who took the bait and offered to sell the parts. They were caught red-handed.
The accused are Mahadev and Kumar of Nellikatari, and Rangaswamy and Mahadeva of Gombegallu, in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district
The Forest Department will seek court permission for their custody and interrogation.

The operation took place on 20th August.

Filmed on 21st August.