Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Dec 28 (PTI) Three suspected smugglers, including an eunuch, were today arrested for allegedly possessing elephant bones and deer horns at Terai west area of Ramnagar in Nainital district, an official said here.
Acting on a tip-off, a forest department team stopped a vehicle and recovered 1.25 kg of elephant bones and 2.25 kg of deer horns and arrested its 3 occupants, said Terai West Divisional Forest Officer(DFO) Nishant Verma.
The arrested persons, who hail from Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, told the interrogators that they were involved in the smuggling of animal parts for a long time, Verma said.
One of the arrested has been identified as Guddu Kinnar.
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Acting on a tip-off, a forest department team stopped a vehicle and recovered 1.25 kg of elephant bones and 2.25 kg of deer horns and arrested its 3 occupants, said Terai West Divisional Forest Officer(DFO) Nishant Verma.
The arrested persons, who hail from Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, told the interrogators that they were involved in the smuggling of animal parts for a long time, Verma said.
One of the arrested has been identified as Guddu Kinnar.
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