Leopard skin seized in Odisha, Two arrested by STF in Kandhamal
Published By : Bratati Baral
| April 23, 2025 10:32 AM
Bhubaneswar, April 23: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha police on Tuesday arrested two individuals in Kandhamal district and seized a leopard skin without valid documentation.
The accused have been identified as Pradip Mallick (35) and Gutusha Pradhan (56). They were caught during a raid and presented before the sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court in Phulbani.
The seized elephant skin will be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun for biological examination.
According to the report, STF conducted a raid along State Highway No.1 near Dahapadar Chhak on the Phulbani- Baliguda road and arrested Pradip and Gutusha, residents of Budruma village in Kandhamal.
The STF has registered a case under Sections 303(2), 317(2), and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
