Tiger skin seized two Bhutanese nationals arrested

Kolkata | Wednesday | 16th October, 2019

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Darjeeling: Two international smugglers have been arrested with a 14-feet long Royal Bengal Tiger skin along with skull and bones. The two Bhutanese citizens were arrested from Hashimara Choupathy in the Alipurduar district on the Bhutan-Bengal border area. The Special Task Force of the Forest Department arrested the duo on Tuesday. The two arrested have been identified as Namgay Wangdi and Yangba Nanang. Sanjay Dutta, Range Officer, Belakoba, who leads the Special Task Force, stated: "On interrogation we found out that the tiger skin had been brought in from Assam..