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We have sent him to jail and have increased vigil in the area.” Shahjahanpur: Forest officers claimed to have arrested a man from inside the reserve forest area of Dudhwa tiger reserve on Tuesday night and seized a trap, pistol and torch from his possession, and also impounded his motorcycle.The forest team was patrolling in the Gada range of Mailani beat when they found five suspected persons wandering in the prohibited area.When they saw forest officers coming towards them, four of them managed to flee, while one person was arrested.The arrested person has been identified as Netram (48), a resident of Mailani area of Lakhimpur Kheri district.According to forest officers, Netram told them that he entered the forest area for poaching herbivores, but he didn’t disclose the names of his accomplices.An FIR was registered against him under trhe Wildlife Protection Act, and he was sent to the district jail in Lakhimpur city on Wednesday.Dudhwa Tiger reserve director Ramesh Pandey told TOI, “A poacher was nabbed with a pistol by our patrolling team on Tuesday, while his four accomplices managed to flee..