Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday arrested four persons for killing a leopard and trying to sell its skin in Kanker district.
Kanker Superintendent of Police Shalabh Kumar Sinha identified them as Siya Ram Bhaskar (37), Shatrughan Netam (32) and Rajesh Saroj and Arjun Salam, both aged 40, all residents of Kanker district.
They were apprehended from Lendara village.
The police swung into action following a tip that they were searching for customers to sell the skin of a wild animal. They recovered a leopard skin from them kept inside a bag.
They told the police that they hunted the leopard in the nearby jungles of Vishrampuri village. Then, they peeled off its skin and kept it to make money.
They were arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act.