Two smugglers held with 32 camels

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Press Trust of India Kishanganj (Bihar)
Last Updated : Jan 02 2015 | 3:55 PM IST
Police today seized 32 camels, being smuggled to Bangladesh, and arrested two persons from a place near here in Kishanganj district in connection with the smuggling.
The camels, which were loaded on two trucks, were to be taken to Bangladesh through Islampur in West Bengal, District Superintendent of Police Rajeev Ranjan said.
Two persons -- Hari Shankar of Etawa, and Shaan Mohammad of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh -- were arrested.
Ranjan said the camels had been brought from Gwalior region in Madhya Pradesh by a syndicate specialising in smuggling animals to Bangladesh.
The camels are brought to various areas of Bihar on the pretext of animal fairs during the winter and then sent across the border.
Camels are also used for sacrificial purposes in Bangladesh.
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First Published: Jan 02 2015 | 3:55 PM IST

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