Three persons were arrested for trying to sell leopard skin valued at Rs 10 lakh in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district on Monday, police said.
They were identified as Budhram Markam and Banshi Lal Markam, both aged 45, who hail from neighbouring Gariaband district, and Dhansai Netam (34) of Dhamtari district, Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Prashant Kumar Thakur said.
They were intercepted near Dongadula village on the Dhamtari-Nagri road on Sunday night when they were looking for customers to sell the skin, Thakur said.
On spotting the police, they tried to escape on their motorcycles but they were caught.
The skin of a full-grown leopard, which was kept in a white plastic gunny bag, and two motorcycles were seized from them, the officer said.
They were charged under the Wildlife Protection Act.