Monday 7 October 2013

Notorious illegal wildlife trader arrested in North-east India

Notorious illegal wildlife trader and repeat offender in wildlife crime, Ratiram Sharma has arrested from Nagaland in connection with recent spurt of rhino poaching in Assam. He was earlier an accused in rhino horn smuggling cases registered in North Bengal and Assam respectively in 1995 and 2002. In 2006 he was caught red-handed with leopard skins, tiger skeleton and rhino skin pieces by West Bengal forest department and court had sentenced him for 5 years in this case.
http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/State/StateNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA0Njc1MA%3D%3D-Nf912ZCGFD4%3D

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