22 held under the wildlife Act since Jan

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 16

As many as 22 persons were arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and relevant sections of the IPC for their involvement in 16 different cases of unlawfully detaining, killing and smuggling of wildlife speicies including leopards, sambars, cobras and lizards since January this year.

On June 15, the police recovered and seized one more skin of an adult leopard in Solan and arrested the accused red-handed before he could reach the inter-state barrier near Parwanoo. Earlier, on June 6, the Shimla police had recovered and seized three leopard skins, teeth and nails from a shop in New Shimla and arrested three accused. The police also recovered three leopard skins in Dehra of Kangra district on February 17.

The police are keeping continuous vigil and taking strict action against perpetrators of wildlife crimes, said DGP Sanjay Kundu here today.