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Tigress Avni case: State committee trains guns on Nawab, shooter son
Updated On: 07 December, 2018 12:55 PM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
While the members have already submitted the report to the Chief Wildlife Warden A K Misra the same will be submitted to Forest Secretary soon post which it might released in public domain

Nawab Shafat Ali Khan
While the report submitted by the three member expert committee of National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) has made it clear that the Tigress T1 or known as Avni by activists was not shot in self defense as claimed by the shooter Nawab Shafat Ali khan , the sources from Forest Department told this newspaper that while the State Appointed Committee to investigate the killing of T 1 has not raised objections over the intention of Forest Departments but the state appointed committee too has come down heavily on the shooter Asghar Ali who shot the Tigress T 1 claiming that it was shot in self defense.
The NTCA report alleges that some serious violations were done by Asghar Ali - Son of Controversial Shooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan while shooting the Tigress T 1 on November 2. . The report reveals a shocking fact that , "The weapon used by Asghar Ali Khan to shoot T-1 was licensed on his father Shafat Ali Khan. Shafat Ali Khan was not present with the team which eliminated T-1 is on 02/11/2018. Asghar Ali Khan has not produced any authorization from his father to use the gun in his absence Asghar Ali Khan used the unauthorized weapon to eliminate T-1. "The NTCA report also states that there has been a clear violation of section 3 of The Arms Act , 1959.
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