Haridwar, May 21 -- Three more persons were arrested separately in connection with the alleged poisoning, killing and mutilation of two-year-old male tigers in Uttarakhand's Shyampur range under the Haridwar forest division, a buffer zone of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve, forest department officials said.

The carcass of one tiger was spotted on Monday evening during a routine patrol and search operation in compartment number 9 of the Sajjanpur beat in the Shyampur range, they said. The carcass of another tiger was found on Tuesday evening during a combing operation in the forest area. The limbs of both tigers had been chopped off, they added.

Divisional forest officer (Haridwar) Swapnil Anirudh said that a suspect, identified as Alam, a resi...