From spiderhunters@YAHOO.COM Sun Feb 6 12:07:33 2005 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:28:20 -0800 From: Vivek TiwariTo: nathistory-india@Princeton.EDU Subject: Fwd: Big Haul of Wildlife articles --- Dipankar Ghose wrote: > From: "Dipankar Ghose" > Subject: Big Haul of Wildlife articles > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:33:17 +0530 > > Here is a Press Release from the Delhi Police about > a seizure of wildlife articles > > Dr. Dipankar Ghose > Sr. Programme Officer (Enforcement and Policy) > WILDLIFE TRUST OF INDIA > A-220 New Friends Colony > New Delhi 110 065 > India > Tel: +91-11-2632-6025/6 > Mobile: +91 98682 17209 > Fax: +91-11-2632-6027 > www.wti.org.in > > *************** > > PRESS RELEASE > > Dated 1.2.2005, DELHI POLICE - CENTRAL DISTRICT > > BIG HAUL OF WILDLIFE PRODUCTS > > > > With the arrest of four members of a well known wild > life products' > smuggler (Don) Sansar Chand's gang namely (1) Sudesh > Kumar s/o Tirath Ram r/o > 10983, Gali Peepal wall Motia Khan, Pahar Ganj, > Delhi (2) Ritu w/o Dinesh r/o > 1116, Gali No.11, Nala Road. Sadar Bazar, Delhi (3) > Babu s/o Budhai and > (4) Badal s/o Vishnu Ram both r/o 2101, Sadar Nala > Road, Gali No,1 L Sadar > Bazar, Delhi. Special staff of Central District, > Delhi busted a gang of smugglers of wild life > products. With the arrest of these smugglers 83 > skins and other body parts/articles of various wild > animals worth more than Rs. 5 Crores of have been > recovered. The details are given below: > > 1. 39 leopard skins > 2. 42 Otter skins > 3. 2 tiger skins > 4. 14 teeth of tiger/leopard, > 5. Approx. 135 Kgs. porcupines thorn > (Quills) > 6. Approx. 60 Kgs. Paws of tiger/leopard > 7. 3 Kgs Claws of leopard/tigers, > 8. 10 pairs tiger/leopard jaws > 9. 40 small bones of tiger/leopard > > On the basis of secret information regarding a gang > of smugglers of > wildlife products a raiding party under the dose > supervision of Inspr. Rakesh Giri, > I/C Special Staff consisting Sl Antrix Alok, Sl > Pankaj Kumar, HC Ram Avatar, HC Resham Pal, HC > Satish, HC Sashi Kant, Ct. Sundor Gautam, Ct. > Jasvinder, Ct. Bhupender, Ct. Yashpal Bhati, Ct. > Sanjeev, Ct. Sat Narain, Ct. Rakesh, Ct. Naresh was > formed to develop the information. On 31.1.2005, > they arrested one Sudesh Kumar, an agent of well > known wild life products- smuggler namely Sansar > Chand, near VIP gate, Ramlila Ground, Kamla > Market and recovered one leopard skin from his > possession. On his instance another accused person > namely Ritu w/o Dinesh and niece of Sansar Chand was > arrested from her house and 10 leopard skins were > recovered from her possession. Both these accused > were further interrogated and on their disclosure > two more accused persons namely Babu and Badal, both > agents of Sansar Chand were arrested from the > godown of Sansar Chand at House No.WZ-172. ShadiKham > Pur Village, West Patel Nagar, Delhi and 28 leopard > skins, 42 Otter skins, 2 tiger skins/14 teeth of > tiger/leopard, approx.135 Kg. porcupines thorns > (Quills), approx. 60 Kgs paws of tigers/leopard. 3 > Kgs. Claws of tiger/leopard, 10 pairs of Jaws and > around 40 small bones of these animals were > recovered. The approx. cost of these recovered skins > and other article is more than Rs.5 Crore. > > During the course of interrogation the arrested > accused persons disclosed that they were working in > the gang of Sansar Chand. They used to purchase > these wild life products from the local hunters of > hill areas of Himachal Pradesh, U.P. and some parts > of Nepal border. They used to sell them to buyers > both' in India and abroad. During the course of > Interrogation, it has come to notice that their gang > leader Sansar Chand, a BC of Police Station Sadar > Bazar is absconding in case FIR No.362/04 u/s > 49/49 B(l) W.L. Act, Police Station Manak, Jaipur, > Rajasthan in which his son Akash and his wife Rani > is in judicial custody. In the absence of Sansar > Chand and his family members, this business of wild > life products was being operated by his niece Ritu, > his brother Narain, nephew Pritiam and his agent > Sudesh. Further investigation in the case is on. > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release > Date: 1/31/2005 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo