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Sandalwood Smugglers Nabbed JODHPUR: Police have nabbed two sandalwood smugglers, Mustaq Shah alias Banne Khan, and Bhagwan Das, in Pali district. Rajasthan has been grappling with the problem of sandalwood smugglers for quite some time now. Apart from felling down over 60 sandalwood trees aged between 20 and 50 years in just two months , the gang is active in other parts of the state and has international connections.
Tiger Poachers Arrested in Uttaranchal (Go
to Top) UDHAMSINGNAGAR: The local police claimed to have arrested two persons involved in illegal trade of tiger skins. They were arrested in Pantnagar district while attempting to snatch arms from a bank guard, the police said. During interrogation they revealed that they had the remains of a tiger. According to the police, the poachers were nabbed alongwith tiger skins, bones and nails. However, the accused poachers said they hadn't killed the animal but had actually found a dead tiger. "We took away the animal and were trying to dry it and prepare it for selling", they said. Rs
30 Lakh Fake Notes Seized (Go
to Top) NEW DELHI: Fake 500 rupee notes worth Rs 30 lakh have been seized from one, Aslam Suleman. who has been arrested. Police said Aslam had some links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. They said Aslam got the consignment of fake notes in Bangalore sent through a Dawood aide. He was working as an employee to circulate fake notes in the market, they alleged. With his arrest they claim to have unearthed an international gang of counterfeiters. Dreaded
Poacher Escapes Custody: Alert Sounded DEHRA DUN: Security has been tightened in Rajaji National Park and Jim Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal after a dreaded poacher escaped from police custody. The poacher, Kashinath, escaped on Wednesday, September 11, when he was being taken to forest department officials for questioning. Kashinath, alongwith his associates, was arrested last month and a number of tiger hides and body parts were recovered from his gang. Officials said that an intensive combing operation was on to nab the poacher. Senior forest officials said the poacher could not make good his escape without help from either police or forest officials. Environmentalists have been alarmed at the incidence of poaching in the two national parks. Recently, several male elephants were found dead with their tusks cut off, which led to the strengthening of security in the parks. The guards, armed only with sticks, are no match for the better equipped poacher gangs. Poaching increases during the monsoon season when the park closes for visitors. 'Operation Monsoon', an annual exercise to nab poachers, was launched after the park was closed on June 16. Although trafficking of wildlife products is banned in India, poaching of animals for their skin, bones and body parts continues. Man
With Precious Ivory Carvings Nabbed in Kerala (Go
to Top) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The special squad of the forest department has claimed to have arrested a person possessing eight kg of ivory and a few unfinished sculptures which might have fetched him lakhs of rupees in the international market. They said the accused, Subramanyam, was nabbed from Thiruvallam village, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. Police said the accused was himself a sculptor, who used to carve out artistic pieces from wood. Lately Subramanyam gave up wood work and took to ivory art, which he said fetched him money many times more than the wooden art pieces. Subramanyam said, "I used to receive orders for ivory work. For the work that I do on wood I get Rs 10 but for the same work on ivory I get Rs 50. This is why I started doing this work with ivory". Giving details, Sreekumar, Range Forest Officer, said, "We got information from a reliable source that one Subramnyam was making carvings out of illegal ivory. Then we raided his house based on this information and recovered these carvings. We can't decide the price now as most of them are incomplete. The prices are usually decided by the customer." Swede
Declared Offender (Go
to Top) NEW DELHI: The court of metropolitan magistrate has declared a former Swedish diplomat as proclaimed offender as he failed to appear in the court in a case of foreign exchange smuggling. Warrants were issued and advertisements published in Swedish newspapers asking Rauf Gauffin and his wife, Jeanne Gauffin, also accused, to appear in the court. They had reportedly escaped to their country during bail granted because of Revenue Intelligence's laxity in filing the papers. Girl
Assaulted in Train (Go
to Top) GORAKHPUR: A girl was assaulted by a gang and abandoned in a coach of a local train in Gorakhpur recently. The girl, looking 18 years, was found unconscious by the police who shifted her to a hospital. Serial
Robberies in Running Bus (Go
to Top) NEW DELHI: A series of robberies in running buses in morning peak hours were reported in New Delhi in the first week of September. The first incident was on September 1 in north Delhi in which one passenger, 29-year old Sachin Shinde, died and his brother, Mukund Shinde, was injured. They were carrying a bag of Rs 96,000 cash. The second robbery was on September 3. The passengers were robbed by five armed assailants who had boarded the bus on route No 729 from Gole Dak Khana. They forced the driver to keep the bus running during their act, and got off later at Maurya Sheraton. On September 5, armed men robbed a bus between Dhaula Kuan and Naraina. The next day, a university student was injured as she put up a fight. Another passenger was robbed in Shakarpur , also same day, in another bus.
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