Maharashtra minister resigns

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 2:07 am

Maharashtra Transport and Tribal Welfare Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram, acussed of killing an endangered chinkara in Baramati in Pune district resigned from the ministry today (July 7). Atram, an Nationalist Congress Party member submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today, sources said.

Baramati tehsil is in Pune district which is also the constituency of party chief Sharad Pawar. Atram resignation follows raid conducted at his houses in Gadchiroli and Pune districts by the forest officials. They seized half burnt hair of chinkara along with some animal bones from his house.

The villagers in the area had reported sighting of Atram’s car with red beacon along with two other vehicles leading to suspicion over his involvement in the hunting of the deer, an endangered species. Forest officials had 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.

The poaching incident had taken place on June 14, which was reported by local residents.

(With inputs from PTI)

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Maharashtra minister resigns

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