Agartala, May 19 -- Tripura Forest Department, with assistance from local NGO "Go Green Help Stray Animals," apprehended two men in Kailashahar on charges of hunting Indian Bullfrogs, a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act.

Acting on a tip-off late on May 16, Range Officer and Assistant Wildlife Warden Subhankar Biswas led a team comprising forest officials and police from Kailashahar Police Station. The raid was conducted near the Gournagar Gram Panchayat, close to the District Magistrate's office.

Authorities caught two suspects, identified as Venzamina Darlong and Sumanta Tripura from Chailapi village in Unakoti, red-handed, while the others involved in the hunting managed to flee.

They recovered a total of 77 Indian ...