3 poachers jailed. (social media)
Digital Desk, New Delhi. The increasing death toll of tigers in Madhya Pradesh has forced the High Court to intervene and speed up the judicial investigation. The special court in Narmadapuram district convicted the main accused, Aadin Singh, alias Kalla Bavariya, of Vidisha, Pujari Singh of Punjab and Rindik Teronpi of Assam, and sentenced each to four years' jail and a fine of Rs 25,000.
Apart from this, a disturbing information has also come to light that the deaths of tigers have reached an alarming level, yet the networks behind the poaching appear to be stronger and more organized than previously thought.
Calla bavaria is not a common hunter. According to Madhya Pradesh's Special Tiger Strike Force (STSF), he is a notorious wildlife criminal who is wanted in several Indian states as well as Nepal. Authorities say he is an accused in a 2012 tiger poaching and smuggling case in Nepal and a 2013 tiger parts smuggling case in Akola, Maharashtra.
Acting on specific intelligence input received from Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), MP STSF arrested Bawariya from Gyaraspur, Vidisha in August 2023. The remaining two accused were tracked in 2025, namely Pujari Singh in Punjab and Rindik Teronpi in Assam.
The arrest of Rindik Teronpi revealed deep international connections. He had earlier been arrested along with his son Bedasingh Senar for smuggling of pangolin scales and tiger parts.
Investigators describe him as a vital link in an organized wildlife crime syndicate spanning South and South-East Asia, which is suspected to have connections to transnational trafficking routes.
Now, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has announced that it will officially request the central government to hand over Kalla Bawariya to Nepal, a move that officials say could help dismantle a large network of cross-border poaching.
As soon as the court pronounced the sentence, another disturbing thing came to light in the High Court.
Taking seriously the sharp increase in tiger deaths, a division bench headed by the Chief Justice directed the Field Director of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to submit a detailed investigation report by February 25, 2026. The order came in response to a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Dubey.
Madhya Pradesh proudly calls itself the "Tiger State" of India. Yet, the conviction of international poachers coupled with the fear of the courts over rising tiger deaths presents a counterintuitive case. With international syndicates, fugitives crossing the border, rising death toll and now direct monitoring by the High Court, the fight for MP's tigers has reached a critical juncture.
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