MAHARASHTRA MINISTER INVOLVED IN HUNTING - OIPA

2008-07-06T19:06:00.000-07:00

Today on August 28th, 2008 - the tainted minister surrendered in the local court at Pune....
BREAKING NEWS:-
TAINTED MINISTER HAS RESIGNED TODAY... RESIGNATION ACCEPTED - OIPA INDIA
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KIND ATTENTION :-
HER EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA / HON'BLE P.M / HON'BLE SMT. SONIA GANDHI / HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MAHARASHTRA / HON'BLE C.M OF MAHARASHTRA.
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Respected Madam / Sir,
Kindly refer to the reports of the media & the findings, investigations of the wildlife officials of the state that the Adivasi welfare & Transport Minister in the cabinet of Maharashtra Sh. Dharmrao Baba Atram is involved in the hunting of a Indian Gazelle - chinkara , you are the guardian of the Govt. property - the wild animal as per section 39 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
-http://chinkarahunting.blogspot.com/
Hence being an Representative of the International Organization for Animal Protection - OIPA -www.oipa.org it is humbly requested that tainted minister may kindly be dismissed & arrested as per law of the land.
Regards,
Sincerely,
Naresh Kadyan, Rep. of OIPA in India.

KIND ATTENTION:- The Secretary to the Ministry of Environment & Forest (Govt. of India), New Delhi / The Member Secretary to the Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi.

-http://chinkarahunting.blogspot.com/

MAHARASHTRA MINISTER INVOLVED IN HUNTING - NARESH KADYAN OIPA

Sir/ Madam,
Kindly refer to the reports published & telecast in the print & electronics media since last June 14th, 2008 till date & now it has been confirmed that the said Maharashtra minister involved in hunting, hence you are requested to direct the concerned CWLW of Maharashtra to issue an orders for arrest of the tainted minister.
Regards,
--
Naresh Kadyan,
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MAHARASHTRA MINISTER INVOLVED IN HUNTING
- NARESH KADYAN OIPA

OIPA INDIA DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL
& ARREST OF THE TAINTED MINISTER
- NARESH KADYAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF OIPA IN INDIA - http://www.oipa.org/

2008-07-06T18:33:00.000-07:00

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Burnt hair of Chinkara seized from Maharashtra Minister's house

Pune (PTI): Forest officials have seized burnt hair of Chinkara deer along with some animal bones from the farm house of a Maharashtra minister in Mahabaleshwar hill station region on Sunday.

The search was a part of an investigation being carried out to book the culprits responsible for the hunting of a Chinkara deer in Bhor forest area on the night of June 14, sources in the forest department said.

Villagers had reported sighting of Dharmarao Atram's car with red beacon along with two other vehicles leading to suspicion over his involvement in the poaching of the deer, an endangered species.

Atram is the NCP Minister of State for Adivasi Welfare and Transport in the ruling Congress-NCP coalition government.

Forest officials have filed a case under the protection of wildlife act and arrested two persons in this connection. The minister's car too had been seized and searched during the ongoing investigations, sources said.

State Forest Minister Baban Pachpute also belonging to NCP has asked the concerned officials to conduct a free and impartial probe into the incident.

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/07/stories/2008070759631100.htm

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Chinkara’s burnt hair seized from Minister’s farmhouse

Pune: Forest officials on Sunday seized burnt hair of Chinkara and some animal bones from a farmhouse of Maharashtra Minister Dharmarao Atram in the Mahabaleshwar hill station region. The search was part of an investigation to book those responsible for the hunting of a Chinkara in the Bhor forest area on June 14 night, sources in the Forest Department said.

Villagers had reported sighting Mr. Atram’s car with red beacon, leading to suspicion over his involvement .

Mr. Atram of the NCP is the Minister of State for Adivasi Welfare and Transport in the ruling coalition government.

Forest officials have filed a case under the Wildlife Protection Act and arrested two persons.

The Minister’s car has been seized and searched, according to the sources. Forests Minister Baban Pachpute, who also belongs to the NCP, has asked officials to conduct an impartial probe. — PTI

2008-07-06T18:30:00.000-07:00

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Minister's car seized in chinkara hunting case

Fri, Jul 4 02:18 AM

The Maharashtra Forest Department has finally seized the Ford Endeavour vehicle belonging to state Transport Minister Dharamrao Baba Atram in the chinkara (Indian gazelle) hunting case near Gulunche village in Purandar tehsil of Pune district on the intervening night of June 14 and 15. The vehicle was seized from the minister's official residence in Mumbai on Monday.

Chief Conservator of Forest (Pune circle) Shirish Asthana confirmed the seizure while talking to The Indian Express. About the minister's gun, Asthana said it hasn't yet been seized, but sources said the gun would be seized from Atram's residence in Aheri, a tehsil in Gadchiroli district where Atram belongs to the royal Gond family. The Department has already seized vehicles belonging to his accomplices, one from Mumbai and another from Pachgani, a hill station near Pune, sources said.

The seizure has fortified the suspicion about Atram's alleged involvement in the case which has become a talking point in the media over the past few days. The FIR registered in the case, however, has shown the accused persons as "absconding." The Forest department has filed papers in the JMFC court at Saswad giving details of the incident based on the eyewitness account narrated by the villagers and also that of the vehicles and guns seized from the people traced on the basis of the vehicle numbers provided by the villagers.

Blood and hair samples of the hunted animal have also been collected from the spot. The alleged hunting was reported by a few villagers who had seen some vehicles in the area and had reported their numbers to the Forest officials. The numbers were MH-02 AL007 (Ford Endeavour belonging to Atram), MH-09 AL3751 (Qualis) and MH-15 BX6101 (Bolero).

Curiously, Atram has admitted to the media and Forest officials investigating the matter that he was in the area on the night but had stopped to have dinner at a dhaba and had no involvement in the hunting. There, however, is no dhaba in the area for many kilometres, investigators have found. All these facts have also been mentioned in the court papers, a senior officer said.

Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute told The Indian Express , "I have decided not to give any statement to the media about it. You will get it from the investigating officer who has been given full freedom. In any case, law will take its own course."

Incidentally, like Pachpute, Atram too belongs to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the incident occurred on the home turf of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.

The Indian Express link:-

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/331110.html

Chinkara skin found at Maharashtra minister's house

2008-07-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

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NDTV Correspondent

Sunday, July 6, 2008

The Maharashtra transport and Adivasi Minister Dharamrao Baba could be in trouble with the police and forest department after a chinkara skin was recovered from his home.

Seven weapons and three cars have been seized so far by the forest department. The minister is alleged to be involved in hunting chinkaras in the forests bordering Baramati and Purandar Talukas in Pune district last month.

The incident was reported by the villagers after they noticed three vehicles in the dead of the night moving in the forest area.

One of the three vehicles had a red beacon. The minister denies having gone hunting but admits he crossed the area on his way to Mahableshwar.