Last Updated on 05/08/2024 by Arun jain
In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, forest department officials have arrested a hunter who had hidden the skulls of a leopard and a barking deer in his house. The officials seized both the skulls and caught the hunter. After being caught, the interrogation of the accused hunter is going on.
Giving information about this to PTI on Monday, Deputy Director of Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) Samrat Gowda said that based on secret information, a team of forest officials raided the house of Lanka Badra in Makabadi village on Sunday and when his house was searched, a leopard skull was recovered from there.
After this, the accused hunter Lanka Badra was arrested and questioned. STR Deputy Director Samrat Gowda said that during interrogation, Badra revealed the detailed procedure adopted for hunting wild animals and gave information about the crime scene inside the forest.
After this, on his information, the investigating officer seized some bones from the crime scene, which are suspected to be of some wild animals. The forest officer said that apart from this, the accused also got the weapons used in the crime recovered from his house in Makabadi.
During the second search, dried meat, three traps, a barking deer skull with horns, an axe, bill hooks, poison and two bags were seized from Lanka Badra’s house. The deputy director said a case has been registered against the accused and further investigation is underway.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)