Five leopard skins seized; two arrested
A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Delhi police has seized five leopard skins and arrested two persons in this connection from the national capital.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Delhi police has seized five leopard skins and arrested two persons in this connection from the national capital.
Acting on a tip-off that two persons were coming to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh to deliver leopard skins, a joint team comprising officials of special investigation team of crime branch and WCCB was constituted to nab the accused, WCCB Director Ramesh Pandey said.
"Moinuddin, a resident of Sirmor in Himachal Pradesh and Ajay Sharma of Yamuna Nagar in Haryana were intercepted at Nangli Puna Village near Karnal and leopard skins were seized from their possession on Wednesday evening," Pandey said.
An FIR has been registered against the accused under the Wildlife Section Act.
"The accused were today sent to judicial custody," he said, adding that investigations are on to identify the prospective buyer of the skins.
Acting on a tip-off that two persons were coming to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh to deliver leopard skins, a joint team comprising officials of special investigation team of crime branch and WCCB was constituted to nab the accused, WCCB Director Ramesh Pandey said.
"Moinuddin, a resident of Sirmor in Himachal Pradesh and Ajay Sharma of Yamuna Nagar in Haryana were intercepted at Nangli Puna Village near Karnal and leopard skins were seized from their possession on Wednesday evening," Pandey said.
An FIR has been registered against the accused under the Wildlife Section Act.
"The accused were today sent to judicial custody," he said, adding that investigations are on to identify the prospective buyer of the skins.
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