Forest Department’s mobile squad on Thursday arrested a person on a charge of possessing a leopard skin on the outskirts of Tarikere. The arrested has been identified as Nagaraju, a resident of Indira Nagar in Tarikere. The other two accused, Suresh and Ravi, managed to escape.
The Tarikere Police said, the three accused were looking for a customer to sell the leopard skin. Based on a tip-off, the forest squad reached the spot and took one of them in to custody. The squad recovered a motorcycle, leopard skin, a mobile phone and a knife from the arrested. A case has been registered.