Interview Times 
A team of The Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid on Tuesday afternoon and recovered a leopard skin and other incriminating materials from the possession of one Babuli Naik of Harijan Sahi near the Champali River embankment under Naktideula police station limits in Odisha’s Sambalpur district.
Under Sections 379/411/120(B) IPC r/w and Section 51 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, A case (No.07 dated 12.04.2023) has been registered in this connection at the STF police station. On Wednesday, the accused Babuli Naik has been arrested and forwarded to the Court of SDJM, Redhakhol in Sambalpur district.
With an ongoing investigation into this wildlife product smuggling case, the leopard’s skin will be sent to the Director of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) at Dehradun for biological examination.
