Bijnor, March 06: Two persons were arrested by Special Task Force personnel and leopard skin was seized from them in Meerut. Ashish and Pran Nath, both residents of Mandawar in Bijnor District, were arrested yesterday, police said.
During interrogation they said that they got the leopard skin from Shamshad and were to sell it to buyers from Mumbai. The price of leopard skin in international market is said to be about Rs 1,50,000.
A case was registered with the police under various sections of Wild Life Protection Act.
—PTI