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Forest officials seize tiger skin

December 21, 2014 12:15 pm | Updated 12:15 pm IST - ADILABAD:

The tiger skin that was seized by forest officials. PHOTO: BY ARRANGEMENT

Mancherial Forest Department on Saturday seized the skin of a three-year-old male tiger worth lakhs of rupees while it was being smuggled in from Maharashtra. Mancherial Divisional Forest Officer B. Prabhakar told The Hindu that the persons involved in illegal sale of tiger skin have been identified and a case under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 has been registered against them. The accused are Ragam Rajesh, Gade Srinivas, Dobbala Sampat, G. Poshaiah, Tunga Ramesh and Dasari Sham from Maharashtra.

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