Maha: Two held with tiger skin, owl leg in Gondia district

Two men were arrested for allegedly possessing a tiger cubs skin and an owls leg in the Paoni forest range in Gondia district of Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. Officials sent a decoy customer and the two men were arrested from Nilaj area.

Two men were arrested for allegedly possessing a tiger cub's skin and an owl's leg in the Paoni forest range in Gondia district of Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. According to a Forest official, they received a tip-off about some people trying to sell tiger skin. Officials sent a decoy customer and the two men were arrested from Nilaj area. A case was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act and further investigation is underway, the official added.