2 teachers among 6 held with leopard hide nails in MP
Bhopal Oct 31 PTI Six people including two teachers were arrested while they were trying to sell a leopard hide and nails of the animal near Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh an official said Following a tip off a joint team of the state Tiger Strike Force Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Special Task Force STF of police on Saturday nabbed the accused from Petlawad-Rajod road in the western part of the state Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Wildlife Alok Kumar said in a statement A leopard hide and six nails of the feline were seized from their possession he said adding that two of those caught are teachers Six mobile phones a four-wheel vehicle and two motorbikes used in the illegal trade were also seized from them he said A case was registered against the accused under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act he said The accused included four residents of Alirajpur and two from Dhar district the official said PTI ADU GK GK
Bhopal Oct 31 PTI Six people including two teachers were arrested while they were trying to sell a leopard hide and nails of the animal near Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh an official said Following a tip off a joint team of the state Tiger Strike Force Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Special Task Force STF of police on Saturday nabbed the accused from Petlawad-Rajod road in the western part of the state Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Wildlife Alok Kumar said in a statement A leopard hide and six nails of the feline were seized from their possession he said adding that two of those caught are teachers Six mobile phones a four-wheel vehicle and two motorbikes used in the illegal trade were also seized from them he said A case was registered against the accused under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act he said The accused included four residents of Alirajpur and two from Dhar district the official said PTI ADU GK GK