New Delhi, Nov 4 (UNI) Terming the killing of Tiger Avni, shot down by marksman Nawab Asghar Ali Khan on Saturday night as ' a straight case of crime', Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Sunday said she would write to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to take a strong action in this matter.
'I am deeply saddened by the way tigress Avni has been murdered by a professional anti-national killer at the behest of a Minister in Yavatmal, Maharashtra. It is nothing, but a straight case of crime. Despite requests from his own Forest department and people all over India, Mr Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister for Environment and Forests, Maharashtra, gave orders for the killing.
'We cannot allow this kind of insensitive and merciless attitude towards animals to prevail. I am going to take up this issue legally, criminally, as well as politically. I will be writing to CM Maharashtra to take a strong action in this matter,' Ms Gandhi said in a statement.