Odisha: 4 poachers arrested in Similipal National Park with leopard skin

Four persons were arrested in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Sunday for allegedly poaching wildlife inside Similipal National Park and a leopard skin was seized from m, forest officials said.

four persons were arrested near Tongabilla vill, said Kapil Das, deputy director of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR).

leopard was killed two years ago inside Similipal National Park, he said. seized leopard skin was 2 feet 8 inches long and 1 foot 6 inches wide, he ded.

STR officials posing as trers contacted poachers on pretext of purchasing leopard skin, Das said. arrested persons were identified as Ganeswara Singh, Subhash Sahu, Khirodh Mohanta, and Ranjit Nayak, he said.