Tag: Leopard Skin Racket

Animal Poaching
Leopard skin smuggling: Probe hints animals were shot by poachers

Sambalpur: Preliminary investigation into the seizure of four leopard skins in Kuchinda of Sambalpur district on Friday, revealed that there are holes in the seized skins and there is a high likelihood that the animals were shot by poachers. However, investigations are still on to ascertain the source of the skins, sources said. According to […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Leopard Skin Racket: Crime Branch STF nabs 4 more accused

Bhubaneswar: While continuing its probe into the leopard skin racket which was recently busted in Deogarh, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch today arrested four more persons taking the total number of arrests to seven. The accused have been identified as Kalicharan Das, Bhagirathi Nayak, Pitambar Khatia alias Pandit and Netranand Kisan […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Leopard Skin Racket: Crime Branch STF nabs 2 more accused

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch today arrested two more personsin connection with the leopard skin racket which was recently busted in Deogarh. The arrested persons have been identified as RashmiRanjan Swain, a warder of Rourkela jail and LikulaSahoo, a constable of IRB Battalion. During interrogation, the STF found that the […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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