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This Tiger Isn’t Quite Endangered
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While the deer’s organs and meat had been removed, as is typical hunting practice, its skull was still intact. And based on the differing dental formula for all deer, two vets at the Delhi Zoo independently confirmed it was a black buck—a Schedule 1 species on India’s Wildlife Protection Act, accorded the same level of protection as the tiger. Predictably, Pataudi hasn’t been sighted after the incident.

Kadyan too has gone underground, his phone switched off as he believes it is tapped. A co-accused, Madan Singh, says Pataudi shot the deer. Sources say Pataudi frequents the Jhajjar jungle for ‘pleasure poaching’, driving back directly to his Vasant Vihar residence in Delhi (just two hours away) which explains the refrigerator in the vehicle. The hunting craze, in fact, is not restricted to Pataudi Sr. Son Saif Ali, is a co-accused in the last celeb-black buck hunting case, nabbed along with Salman Khan. Now with his father formally accused in a criminal case of poaching, the question is, what turn will the case take? The maximum sentence possible is seven years.

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By Pramila N. Phatarphekar

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