Crime branch police have nabbed a 34-year-old man near Gayatri temple area at Hoshangabad road and seized skin of a Leopard from his possession. Nexus working behind poaching of wild animals would be unearthed, said police.
Acting of a tip off crime branch police nabbed a miscreant who was trying to sell skin of Leopard near Gayatri Mandir. The miscreant was identified as Satyapal Baamne alias Veeru Vishwakarma.
Addl SP Crime Nischal Jharia said that it was tipped that man involved in selling of poached wide life animals would bring skin or other remain to sell and after a week’s tracking the miscreant was nabbed.
Initially it was suspected that animal was poached in Maharashtra but later nabbed accused revealed that it was poached in forest in Betul. The forest department was informed for further investigation. At the moment focus in on revealing the nexus which works in the form of network, he added.
The customer which was scheduled to buy the skin was not traced and it would be investigated.
Accused revealed that Leopard was poached in the forest of Salbardi around one and a half month ago and he is involved in transporting and not in poaching, case filed.