3 arrested with leopard head, wild boar meat in Odisha

Three persons were arrested from Odisha's Nuapa district on Sunday with a leopard he and skin, wild boar meat and several articles meant for poaching, officials said.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest department personnel conducted a raid at Tipajhar vill in Dharambandha police station area near Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary in district, Assistant Conservator of Nuapa Jairam Sabar said.

A leopard skin, one leopard he, over 10 kg of meat of wild boar, body parts of boar and leopard, nets to trap wild animals and sharp weapons used for poaching were seized from accused, he said.

y were taken into custody and furr investigation is in progress to get information about wider racket involved in illegal wildlife tre, Sabar said.

operation by forest department officials comes close on heels of similar seizure of leopard skins and arrest of poachers from Ganjam, Mayurbhanj and Nabarangpur districts earlier this month, sources said.

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