The Special Task Force (STF) of the State Crime Branch on Friday arrested four more persons in connection with the leopard skin smuggling racket busted in Barakote of the district.
The arrestees were identified as Kalicharan Das (56), Bhagirathi Naik (40) alias Bhaskar and Pitambar Khatei (40) alias Pandita of Keonjhar district and Netrananda Kissan (22) alias Netra of Sundargarh district.
Earlier, the STF had arrested three persons involved in the leopard skin smuggling racket. With this, a total of seven persons have been arrested in the case.
Police said Bhaskar and Pandita had arranged the leopard skin and given it to Kalicharan who gave it to the trio, who were arrested earlier.
The arrested persons will be forwarded to the court of Deogarh SDJM on Saturday.
Notably, the STF had busted the leopard hide smuggling racket in Barkote area of the district and arrested three persons on June 21.