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Tiger skin worth Rs 5 lakh seized in Pune, 2 held

Hindustan Times, Pune | By
Sep 30, 2019 04:50 PM IST

The accused were caught after the police received a tip-off. The officials of Unit 1 crime branch set a trap to find the two men matching the description they had received

The Pune police on Saturday arrested two for being in possession of tiger skin worth 5 lakh.

The accused, identified as Rameshwar Harishchandra Deshmukh, 35, and Vijay Ganpat Jagtap, 38, are residents of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra(HT/PHOTO)
The accused, identified as Rameshwar Harishchandra Deshmukh, 35, and Vijay Ganpat Jagtap, 38, are residents of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra(HT/PHOTO)

The accused, identified as Rameshwar Harishchandra Deshmukh, 35, and Vijay Ganpat Jagtap, 38, are residents of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra. The two were caught after the police received a tip-off. The officials of Unit 1 crime branch set a trap to find the two men matching the description they had received. They were on a motorbike worth Rs 40,000, according to Arun Vaykar, senior police inspector of Unit 1 of crime branch. The motorbike as well as the tiger skin has been seized.

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The duo were produced before a local court on Sunday and remanded to police custody. A case under relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 has been registered at Samarth police station against the two. 

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