The Special Task Force (STF) of State Crime Branch will take three persons arrested in connection with the leopard skin seizure in Barkote of the district on remand for four days from Monday.
The SDJM Court here granted permission to the investigative agency to take the accused on remand.
During the remand period, the STF would try to unearth more information about the racket like who others are involved , to whom the trio wanted to sell the leopard skin seized from their possession and who had poached the animal and when, said sources.
Notably, Sachikanta Nayak of Sundargarh district, Ramanisen Behera and Jagnadutta Behera of Deogarh district were arrested by the STF at Barkote in the district on June 20 and a seven-foot leopard skin was seized from their possession.
They had procured the hide from poachers and were trying to strike a deal with a buyer for Rs 8 lakh when the Crime Branch sleuths nabbed them.