Two held with leopard skin

Dehradun, September 12

The Special Task Force (STF) of the state police arrested two poachers with two leopard skins here today.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by STF Sub-Inspector (SI) Santosh Shah arrested Babu Ram Uniyal, a resident of Uttarkashi, and Himalayan Sherpa, a resident of Bhatwadi, Uttarkashi, with two leopard skins at Clement Town.

The police said the accused were nabbed when they were waiting for their customer to strike a deal at Clement Town. During interrogation, they admitted to killing leopards in Uttarkashi, the police said, adding that they used to smuggle the animal’s body parts to Nepal and Tibet.—TNS