According to Behera, a DGP-rank officer, tusker (and tiger) poaching in
the state is getting more widespread and part of a larger network of
organized crime operating and the national and international levels. "Of
the 18 districts in Odisha where elephant poaching exists and the 19
districts affected by Left-wing militancy, 13 are common. Since poachers
would ordinarily not operate freely in forests where armed militants
hold sway, links between the two are likely," he says.
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