India News | Odisha STF Seizes Leopard Skin; One Held

Bhubaneswar, March 4 (PTI)The Special Task Force of Odisha Police has arrested a person and seized a leopard skin from his possession during a raid in Kandhamal district.

Acting on intelligence inputs, a raid was carried out near Manipadar village under Phiringia police station in the district on Sunday, an STF officer said.

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During the operation, a leopard skin along with Rs 5,500 in cash were recovered from the person identified as Belarsen Kanhar (43), he added.

The STF has filed a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

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The confiscated skin will be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun for tests, police said.

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