Leopard skin seized, three held

DHENKANAL (Orissa): Forest personnel have seized a leopard skin and arrested three persons under Wildlife Protection Act at Badasuanlo in Orissa's Dhenkanal district.

On a tip off, forest personnel led by DFO Dhenkanal Manmohan Panigrahy raided the place yesterday and seized the skin of a full-grown leopard, forest department sources said.

The arrested persons have been identified as Brahmananda Biswal of Sangrampur in Balasore district, Arupananda Patra and Dusmanta Nayak of Arachu and Badasuanlo villages in Dhenkanal respectively.