Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 9: Police today arrested two poachers along with skins of 3 snow leopards.
As per police sources, on specific information, police team from Kishtwar police station arrested two poachers along with skins of 3 snow leopards.
The accused have been identified as Murtza Ahmed, son of Sarfraz Malik of Maliknar Chatroo and Mohammad Sharief, son of Mohammad Ramzan of Mughalmaidan.
The arrested poachers, during interrogation revealed that they got the animal skins from a hunter/poacher and were intending to sell it in the market.
The snow leopard is very rare species and an endanger animal found in the higher reaches of J&K and its poaching is prohibited under J&K Wild Life Act. The market rate adopted by the smugglers vary from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 lakh per skin and other body parts are also sold for various purposes.
In this regard, a case under FIR number 51/15 under Section 379 RPC, 50/51 J&K Wild Life Act has been registered at police station Kishtwar and investigation are on to uncover smuggling modules of poachers involved in this illegal trade.
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