Live Pangolin Rescued by STF Odisha
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch rescued a live pangolin and arrested one person near Biribati Canal Road in Kandarpur area of Cuttack district Tuesday evening.
The arrested has been identified as Santosh Kumar Dalai of Gumutipur village in Dhiasahi of Jagatsinghpur.
Today,Santosh was arrested as he could not produce any valid document in support of possession of the live pangolin and later produced before the sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate Court.
In connection,a case has been registered at STF police station case no -31under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC R/W 51 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
The pangolin will be handed over to the Nandankan Zoo authorities, said one Senior Officer.
