Around 280 turtles of rare species were recovered from the home of a
villager near the India-Bangladesh border at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas on
Saturday. The Accused, Hafijul Rahaman has been arrested.
Rahaman reportedly had planned to smuggle the turtle into Bangladesh
where they would have been sold.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team from Bongaon police station raided
Rahaman’s home at Purbapara and found the turtles stashed in gunny bags in his
courtyard.
“The turtles were found in 20 gunny bags. We are interrogating the
accused. We are investigating if more people are involved in the racket,” said
Bashkar Mukherjee, ASP, North 24 Parganas, adding the forest officials had been
informed about the recovery.
Source: Times of India
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