Forest officials seize leopard skin from Bhutanese nationals

Forest officials have seized a nine-feet-long leopard skin and arrested two Bhutanese nationals in Jalpaiguri district today.

A special team of the forest department, on the basis of a tip-off, conducted a raid at a house in Nagrakata and seized the skin from the duo, forest officials said.

During interrogation, they said that they were about to smuggle the leopard skin to Nepal, Forest Ranger Officer of Belakoba Range Sanjay Dutta said.

One such skin could fetch up to Rs 1 lakh, he added.