Wildlife skins recovered in the raid.
The raid of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Haryana stirred up. The CBI carried out the raid against wildlife smugglers in Pinjore. In the raid, two leopard skins, udbaluk skins and pangolin shings were recovered from Pinjore. CBI team gang
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Officials of the CBI team say, this may be an organized network of smuggling. He said that this action was taken on receiving information about the illegal trade of wildlife organs. The CBI team has taken this action on intelligence information.
The Wildlife Crime Unit unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation, along with officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), carried out important action related to poaching and wildlife trade under a special operation in the early hours of February 3. During this operation, a vehicle was stopped and searched in Pinjore, Haryana, from which wildlife organs were recovered.
30 crore price of recovered skins
Based on the information, the CBI team conducted raids in Pinjore, where two leopard skins, nine teeth of leopard, 25 claws, jaw pieces, three skins of udillab and pangolin were seized. Wildlife officials say that the international price of a leopard skin is around Rs 10 crore. The price of wildlife skins and other items has been reported by the CBI about Rs 30 crore.
Case registered in Nepal
The CBI spokesperson said in a statement that three accused Pirdas, Wazira and Ram Dayal were arrested on the spot and another gang member Rohtas was arrested from Kalka railway station. A charge sheet has been admitted by the Nepal Police in connection with wildlife crime before one of the accused. Action was taken against the accused under the Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. This law prohibits hunting of endangered species and provides strict punishment for criminals.