Chandigarh : To guard wildlife in Punjab and to curb crimes associated to it, beneath the instructions issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden Punjab Shri Basanta Raj Kumar, IFS, Satinder Kumar Sagar, IFS (Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife); and Vishal Chauhan, IFS (Conservator of Forests, Parks and Protected Circle), and following the zero-tolerance coverage in opposition to wildlife crime, the Divisional Forest Officer, Wildlife Division Phillaur, Vikram Singh Kundra, IFS, constituted a crew on the idea of secret info relating to trafficking of wildlife elements.
The crew was fashioned beneath the management of Jaswant Singh, Vary Officer, Jalandhar, and included Nirmaljit Singh (Block Officer), Malkiat Singh (Forest Guard), Navtej Singh Bathtub from Jalandhar Vary, and Ranjit Singh (Block Officer), Bobinder Singh and Ranbir Singh Uppal from Kapurthala Vary.
The crew laid a lure in Nakodar, the place one of many crew members acted as a buyer and struck a take care of the trafficker. On the spot, Bony Arora, son of Bharat Bhushan, resident of Nakodar, arrived to ship the fabric and was instantly arrested by the crew. From his possession, two minimize items of sambar antlers, six items of “hathajodi,” and the elements of a wild cat have been recovered.
Throughout interrogation, Bony Arora disclosed that this materials had been despatched to him by Shivam Gupta, son of Gulshan Rai, resident of Nakodar, who runs a store named “Durga Dass Pansari.” The crew instantly performed a raid at Shivam Gupta’s store and questioned him. He admitted that he was concerned within the enterprise of wildlife elements and that he himself had despatched the fabric to Bony Arora for supply. He additional disclosed that he bought this materials from Deepak alias Kala, son of Vijay Kumar Gupta, resident of Nakodar, District Jalandhar, who runs a store named “Valaiti Ram Pansari and Grocery Retailer” in Nakodar.
The crew instantly raided the store of Deepak alias Kala and recovered two minimize items of sambar antlers and one “hathajodi” from his possession. Throughout interrogation, Deepak alias Kala admitted that he had provided this materials to Shivam Gupta. The crew arrested all three accused together with the recovered objects and produced them at Police Station Nakodar, the place an FIR was registered in opposition to them beneath the related sections of the Wildlife Safety Act, 1972 (Amended 2003).
On this event, Vary Officer Jaswant Singh acknowledged that buying and selling in wildlife elements is a punishable offence, and no particular person concerned in such unlawful actions shall be spared. Strict authorized motion shall be taken in opposition to them, and additional investigation is ongoing to determine different accused related with this case.
