North-east has seen a huge rise in the killing of tigers, especially in the non-protected forests in the past century. Recently, Forest officials recovered a tiger skin from the residence of an alleged animal poacher at Bijni in the Chirang district of Assam. According to sources, a joint operation was carried out by officials of the forest department and a team of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in the Bijni Laah Khirguri area of Chirang district, and arrested the alleged poacher Shahajuddin, after the police recovered the tiger skin from his house. The Chirang Police is carrying out the further investigation. Tigers in Northeast; Protect the Unprotected - EastMojo | DailyHunt
