The killing of a deer in a Maharashtra forest by an alleged close associate of the state forest minister could come back to embarrass the state government. This incident comes only a few months after former Maharashtra minister Dharmarao Baba Atram lost his ministerial post after allegedly poaching a chinkara, an endangered and protected species of deer.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/deer-poaching-maha-minister-aide-arrested
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai