BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of crime branch seized a hide of Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) right inside the buffer area of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Udala range in Mayurbhanj district late on Tuesday night.
The raid was conducted by forest department and STF on the tip off of former honorary wildlife warden Bhanumitra Acharya. The accused has been identified as Phagu Hansda, resident of Sriramchandrapur under Udala police limits. Hansda was about to sell the skin when the STF caught him red-handed. Another person fled from the place.
