A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world's only habitat for these rare tigers. Authorities arrested four men and seized the hide, nails ...

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Forest department grapples with the poaching of the melanistic tiger, investigation has revealed the sub-adult big cat, skin of which was recovered from a fringe village ...

But they did not confess to their crime,” STR Director said. The skin of melanistic tiger was recovered when forest department personnel had raided a few houses in Tentulia village on January 12.