Indore Nov 20 PTI A poacher and four smugglers were arrested on Saturday with the leopard skin and eight nails in Madhya Pradeshs Indore district police said The estimated value of the seized items in the black market is Rs 70 lakh Additional Superintendent of Police ASP Puneet Gehlod told reporters that police arrested Champalal Kannauje 48 Shahrukh Khan 24 Ahmed Raza 21 Yasin Ali 56 and Salim Khan 50 from the Khudail area The accused are residents of Indore Dewas and Barwani districts The main accused Kannauje had killed the leopard a few months back with his gun in the forest adjoining Patharipala village in neighbouring Dewas district and removed its skin and nails He was looking for customers with the help of four smugglers the ASP said The accused disclosed that the leopard skin and nails are used in tantric rituals Gehlod said He said that Kannauje was earlier arrested in the Dewas district for allegedly poaching a deer and is currently out on bail A gun has been seized from Kannauje and a case registered against the five accused under the Wildlife Protection Act PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK
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