STF,Odisha Specialized Wing Seized Leopard Skin
Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch specialised wing seized a leopard skin and arrested two persons in this matter following a raid on Friday.
Acting in action mood the STF Special wing conducted the raid and arrested the accused while they were allegedly making a deal to sale the skin a good price in market area.
As per the official source, on the basis of reliable information, STF team conducted a raid at Bolagarh under Khordha district about a deal of sale of Leopard skin by wild life criminals on the intervening night of 01/02.04.2021, as a result of which two accused persons namely Sudhira Behera, and Subash Chandra Behera both are of district Nayagarh were apprehended
One Leopard skin and other incriminating materials were seized from their possession. The accused persons could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of such Leopard skin, for which they have been arrested. In this connection STF PS Case No.11 dated 02.04.2021 U/s. 379/411/120(B) IPC r/w. 51 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 was registered. The seized Leopard skin will be sent to Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun for chemical examination. Investigation is on.
According to Mr.JN.Pankaj,DIG,STF,Crime Branch, during last one year, Special drive against the wildlife criminals/poachers have been launched, STF has seized as many as 12 nos Leopard skin, 06 nos Elephant Tusk,02 deer skin, 02 live pangolin and 05 kg pangolin scales and arrested 24 wild life criminals. Al total 13 cases have been registered against the wild life criminals. STF is the specialized wing of Odisha Police to curb the organized crime in the State, Wild life crimes remain the one of the focus area of STF and STF will continue its drive against the wild life crime and criminals.
He appeal to people to share information/intelligence related to wild life crime to the Mobile No. 9439263646.Name of the informers would be kept secret and incase of seizure/arrest basing on the specific and pin-pointed information, the Concerned informer would suitable rewarded, he added.
