Guwahati, June 12 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: A mutilated carcass of a Royal Bengal Tiger was recovered from a sandbar along the Gabharu River in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, prompting a probe into suspected poaching.

The carcass, with its tail and all four limbs severed, was found near Kochgaon under Thelamara Police Station limits, forest officials said.

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Biswa Jyoti Das said the condition of the carcass suggested that valuable body parts may have been removed before the remains were disposed of in the river.

"The carcass appears to have drifted downstream several days after the animal's death. However, the manner in which the body was mutilated strongly suggests foul play," Das said.

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