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โ€œ12 Cheetahs From South Africa Likely To Arrive On Feb 18โ€: Reports

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Cheetahs are being reintroduced nearly seven decades after the species became extinct in India. The last cheetah died in the country in 1947 in the Korea district in present-day Chhattisgarh, and the species was declared extinct from India in 1952.

A second batch of 12 cheetahs is expected to arrive in Madhya Pradeshโ€™s Kuno National Park (KNP) from South Africa on February 18, six months after eight of the spotted cats were released into the reserve, a senior forest official said on Saturday, reported NDTV.

According to current plans, 12 more cheetahs are being brought to KNP on February 18, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (wildlife) J S Chouhan told PTI.

He said the felines will be flown from South Africa to Gwalior before being transported to Kuno. The official said he was unaware of the number of male and female cheetahs in the batch of 12.

The cheetahs will be kept under one-month quarantine as per the norms, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released the first batch of eight cheetahs โ€“ five females and three males โ€“ from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at KNP on his 72nd birthday on September 17.

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The first batch of cheetahs is currently in hunting enclosures at the park before their full release into the wild.

Cheetahs are being reintroduced nearly seven decades after the species became extinct in India. The last cheetah died in the country in 1947 in the Korea district in present-day Chhattisgarh, and the species was declared extinct from India in 1952.

In January, India and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the reintroduction of cheetahs in the Asian country. As per the MoU, an initial batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown from South Africa to India.

An official of KNP had earlier said that the park has set up 10 quarantine โ€œbomasโ€ (enclosures) for the new guests.

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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Raghav Magunta, the son of YSR Congress Party MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, PTI reported.

Magunta was taken into custody on Friday. He is the ninth person to be arrested in the case by the Enforcement Directorate.

The financial probe agency is investigating the money laundering aspect of the case and has alleged that the policy, which has now been put on hold, caused a loss of Rs 2,873 crore to the government exchequer.

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On August 17, the Central Bureau of Investigation booked Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 14 other persons on charges of irregularities in a new liquor policy, which was part of the excise regulations.

Under the policy, which was implemented in Delhi on November 17, 2021, licenses of 849 liquor shops were issued to private firms through open bidding. However, on July 30, the Delhi government withdrew the policy after Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended an inquiry into it by the central agency.

On September 1, Delhi reverted to its old liquor policy, under which only state-run stores are allowed to operate.

ED has alleged that there exists a โ€œsouth groupโ€ that paid at least Rs 100 crore in kickbacks to leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party through businessman Vijay Nair, who has been arrested in the case.

The group allegedly has Raghav Magunta, businessman Sarath Reddy and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Raoโ€™s daughter, K Kavitha, as members among others.

On February 8, the Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested a Telangana-based chartered accountant Butchibabu Gorantla, who was formerly employed by Kavitha, in connection with the case.

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