Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest officials from Balangir and Boudh forest divisions conducted a raid at Kotagaon in Balangir district on January 9 and arrested the duo
Odisha forest officials have arrested two persons and seized a leopard skin from them, officials said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Mukesh Manahira (31) of Balangir and Dibya Sankar Bagarty (21) of Boudh, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest officials from Balangir and Boudh forest divisions conducted a raid at Kotagaon in Balangir district on January 9 and arrested the duo, Balangir divisional forest officer (DFO) Nitish Kumar said.
Following interrogation, a leopard skin was recovered from a haystack at Kantamal area in Boudh district, he said.
A case has been registered against the two under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, he added.
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