Baripada, Sept 29 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was held with a leopard skin in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Friday, forest officials said.

Acting on intelligence inputs, a team of Similipal South Wildlife Division seized the leopard skin and detained the man, they said.

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A detailed investigation is underway, said Samrat Gowda, the deputy director of Similipal South Wildlife Division.

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