Panchkula, May 6 -- Following confirmation from forensic analysis that recovered animal claws belonged to a leopard, Pinjore police have registered a case against two individuals under the Wildlife Protection Act.

The case stems from a raid conducted on May 10, 2024, by a joint team comprising forest department officials and a member of People for Animals (PFA). Acting on confidential information, the team searched Rambagh, Bhairon Colony in Kalka, where they discovered four boiled animal claws inside the hut of a woman identified as Anguri Devi, who fled the scene during the raid.

During the same operation, a snare (kakdi) and a net (jaal) were also found in the nearby hut of a man named Jeetu. In his statement, Jeetu claimed that the ...