Raipur

Six held with leopard, tiger skins

Staff Reporter

A joint team of the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Odisha Forest Department busted an inter-state smuggling racket with the arrest of six persons on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, it was announced on Saturday.

Four leopard skins, a tiger skin, 1 tooth, 2 nails and 4 motorcycles were seized in Junagarh area in Odisha’s Kalahandi district during the operation, an official communication said.

The accused were handed over for judicial proceedings.