Gopeshwar (Uttarakhand), Dec 7 (PTI) Five members of a gang of poachers have been arrested from an area close to the Nanda Devi National Park, a world heritage site, in Uttarakhand, officials said.

Body parts of a musk deer, a ghurad hyde, skull and feet have been seized from their possession, Range Officer of Nanda Devi National Park Vijay Lal Arya told reporters here on Monday.

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The gang appears to have been active in poaching in the Nanda Devi biosphere reserve, he said.

They were arrested during a raid on Sunday morning, Arya said.

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They have been sent to jail, he said.

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