With the arrest of a man, Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted a gang of wildlife animal smugglers active in the State. The sleuths have recovered two iron traps used to trap tigers for poaching.
The miscreant arrested was identified as Tejpal Maurya of Bahraich district and was arrested when he was on prey in the dense woods at Kartaniyaghat forest range.Giving the information, the official spokesman told that Forest Officer Kartaniyaghat, Ashish Tiwari had requested the STF to keep a vigil on wildlife animal smuggler, Tejpal, who was active in the forest. The sleuths worked on the case and collected details about the gang’s activities and its modus operandi. It surfaced that Tejpal used to poach the wildlife animals with the help of his gang.