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Two Wolves Shot in 48 Hours as Uttar Pradesh Steps Up Bahraich Hunt

Officials cite a months-long series of child killings, with drones plus outside shooters deployed under a capture-or-kill directive.

Overview

  • Forest department shooters killed an adult female in Jarua on Sunday after drone tracking, a day after a male was shot near a riverbank in the same locality.
  • Authorities report 12 fatalities since September 9, including 10 children and an elderly couple, with at least 32 people injured.
  • The latest incidents included a one-year-old, Arvi, carried from her home in the early hours on Saturday in Jarua, according to the divisional forest officer.
  • Officials say six wolves have been shot during the ongoing operation launched following the chief minister’s capture-or-kill order issued on September 27.
  • Response teams have expanded surveillance using drones, camera traps, cages, nets and thermal tools in riverine and sugarcane terrain that complicates tracking.