A gaur (Indian bison) was poached and its meat taken away by a group of people from the Gorumara National Park in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday night.

Foresters, who have started investigations, on Thursday arrested a man, Somra Munda, from Tilabari of Matialli block on the fringes of the park. Raw and cooked meat and a horn of the gaur were seized from him. Search is on for others involved in the crime.

Janmejay Dutta, the additional divisional forest officer of Gorumara wildlife division, said a group of people from Tilabari entered the Gorumara park and killed the wild gaur with sharp and blunt weapons.

“Our guards found the carcass of the animal. We found that its flesh was taken away. We started searching in adjoining areas for the culprits and arrested Somra Munda from Tilabari,” said Dutta.

“During interrogation, Munda admitted he had entered the national park with some others. After killing the gaur, they took away its meat and on Thursday he cooked a part of the meat,” the forester added.

Sources said the department has also engaged Orlando, a trained sniffer dog, to trace the culprits.