KALIABOR: In a shocking development, body parts of several animals were recovered during a raid conducted by Assam Police in the Jakhalabandha region of the state.
Based on specific inputs, a unit Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police conducted a raid in Jakhalabandha of Assam on Tuesday night. A large cache of contraband wildlife parts were recovered during this operation. The consignment included an elephant task, rhino horn, rhino claws, horns and skulls of deer along with body parts of a pangolin.
The Special Task Force operation also led to the apprehension of five people in relation to the recovered animal body parts of the protected species. The identities of the suspected wildlife poachers were revealed to be Ghaffar Qureshi, Wakil Qureshi, Saiful Islam, Ujjal Bora and A Sharma.
An investigation has been initiated by the Assam police to find out how these people got hold of these animal body parts and where they were planning to sell the same.
A few days back, in a significant breakthrough against wildlife trafficking, the Assam police apprehended a mother-son duo from the West Karbi Anglong district of the state and Meghalaya's Shillong. The accused individuals, identified as Rindik Teringpi and Bidasingh Senar, hail from Gita Langkok village in the West Karbi Anglong district of Assam. Their arrest, which took place on August 16, is linked to charges of illegal wildlife trading, a grave offence that threatens the region's biodiversity.
The police operation resulted in the seizure of 7.60 grams of pangolin scales from Teringpi, underscoring the dire state of pangolin poaching in the area. However, the case takes a more sinister turn as investigators uncovered the duo's involvement in a larger inter-state wildlife trafficking network spanning Assam and Meghalaya. This network was previously implicated in another instance of smuggling, this time concerning tiger skin and bones.
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