Two poachers with leopard skin held
Two poachers were arrested in tiger reserve area on Wednesday with a leopard skin, police said. The two were arrested from Sadar area following a joint operation by the district police and the forest department.
"The two have been involved in the illegal trade of wild animals' skins, hides, antlers and other body parts for the last four-five years,'' police inspector VK Mishra said.
"They had their clients in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. We are yet to establish where the leopard was killed,'' he added.
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