Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
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he CID forest cell of Belagavi on Wednesday arrested a 60-year-old tribal from Maharastra carrying huge cache of animal parts,including blackbucks pelts, horns,skulls,sloth bears teeth,jungle cat jaws and paws, among others to sell it to his customers.
Based on a tip off from wildlife volunteers,a team of police led by PSI Rohini Patil raided Bagaluru bus stand in Sindagi taluk and arrested Pawan Jaffar Bhonsle carrying huge number of animal body parts including 807 monitor lizard penis which according him has a medicinal value to boost the libido power .
The officials also recovered 116,Sea fans,two Jungle cat paws,two Jungle cat nails,three Sloth bear nails,28 Pond heron legs,two Monitor lizord legs,73 Spotted owls feathers,four bear teeth,32 Mangoose legs,seven Mangoose jaws,16 products made out of mangoose pelt,26 Wild boar teeth, three Sloth bear nails,four Black buck horns,two Black buck trophies, seven Black buck skin.
Probe revealed that the accused has sourced the wildlife articles and body parts from his contacts in tribal community in Maharastra and Gujarat and selling it to his contacts in and around Belagavi for ritual purposes his customers are mostly shop keepers who sell religious and pooja items.
The accused has been booked under wildlife protection act and taken into custody for 15 days .
