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In a significant operation, forest officials in Odisha's Nayagarh district have detained three suspects on the charges of hunting a leopard and smuggling its skin. The arrests were made during a raid in the Gania forest range, under the Nayagarh Forest Division, where forest authorities seized a leopard skin and weapons, used in poaching activities.
The incident reportedly began when a leopard attacked a goat belonging to a villager named Trinath Pradhan in Khalsahi village, part of the Gania forest range. In retaliation, it is alleged that Trinath, along with Bimbadhar Nayak and Ramachandra Dalabehera, utilised electric traps an...