Forest dept reprimands duo for making false claim of tiger sighting in Nashik

To avoid night duty, a security guard, along with his colleague, working at the solar plant project in the Sinnar area of Nashik district made a false claim of a tiger sighting on January 27 and posted about the same on social media.

- Gayatri Vajpeyee

PUNE:

The forest department after a detailed investigation confirmed that no evidence of tiger presence was found in the area.

The department then reprimanded the duo for making false claims.

A social media post about a tiger sighting near a solar plant went viral and the security guard's contractor also complained about the same to the forest department.