30 Oct 2020




A gang involved in illegal trade of the organs of pangolin and other wildlife through online platform YouTube has been exposed by taking action under the Operation Wildnet.

The Special Task Strike Force (Wildlife) and Tiger Strike Force Indore and Sagar took action in Ujjain and Shivpuri, arresting 3 accused with 2.7 k.g. of pangolin scales. The case was registered after confiscating scales of pangolin and 2 pieces of ornaments made of elephant tusk.

Deputy Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) said that this was the first case registered in the state, in which gangs were smuggling wildlife organs in the state and outside the state, using the social media platform YouTube.

The Forest Cyber Cell constituted under the Special Task Force (Wildlife), while investigating the case, found that illegal trade was being carried out by the gang by making and uploading videos related to wildlife, in which people got involved in this criminal act because of greed/ superstition and the number of such persons also continued to increase.

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