Three leopard skins seized in Pithoragarh

Uttarakhand police seized three leopard skins and arrested a person in Pithoragarh district today morning.

Property of wildlife criminal confiscated in Pilibhit

Pilibhit district police in Uttar Pradesh has declared three alleged wildlife criminals as members of “forest mafia”, while the fixed property of one of them has been seized.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/sp-declares-three-wildlife-criminals-as-forest-mafia/articleshow/60861453.cms

14 get life term for forest officer’s murder

The Nizamabad District SC, ST Sessions Court in Telangana convicted and sentenced 14 persons, including a woman and a couple, to life imprisonment for their involvement in the murder of Forest Officer in September 2013. The murder occurred when the officer, along with the staff, had gone to the spot on information that some persons were cultivating in forest department land, after grabbing them.

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2017-09-26/14-get-life-term-for-forest-officers-murder/329018

After 17 years wildlife criminal sentenced to 4 years imprisonment

In May 2000 district police of Haridwar, Uttarakhand arrested a person of neighboring Bijnore district with a leopard skin, after a long trial Chief Judicial Magistrate had found him guilty and sentenced the convict to 4 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹20,000 fine on last week.