Leopard skin and deer horn recovered from inside the ground

Gariaband. The Udanti Sita River Sanctuary Administration of Gariaband has again got great success. The team raided Karkapani, Patdhara and Sunabeda areas of Odisha adjoining the sanctuary area. Here leopard skins, live wild boar, deer horn and hunting weapons have been recovered from the house of three accused. All the three accused have fled from the spot, for which the team is engaged in search.

The day before, the sanctuary administration had arrested 5 accused of hunting wild animals. On the spot of these accused, the administration along with Odisha Forest Staff conducted a search operation with a team of 50 people. Due to the area being a Naxalite area, this time the help of CRRPF was also taken. This action has been confirmed by Deputy Director Varun Jain.