MEERUT A staff of Bijnor forest officers arrested three smugglers of untamed animals and recovered two red sand boas from their possession on Saturday evening.
The courtroom of chief Judicial Justice of the Peace in Bijnor despatched the arrested smugglers Chand Babu, Moharram Ali and Noor Hasan to jail in 11-day judicial custody. The courtroom ordered to launch the boas of their pure habitat.
A staff led by sub-divisional officer of the forest division in Bijnor Gyan Singh, alongside with vary officer of Chandpur Vikas Varun and forest guards Praveen Sirohi and Saurabh caught the smugglers on Seohara- Noorpur highway in Bijnor on Saturday evening.
Two red sand boas, that are listed in Schedule One of many Wildlife Act, had been recovered from their possession. Throughout interrogation they mentioned that they had been taking the reptiles to Moradabad to promote them at a very good worth. The consumers use them for making painkiller oil, medication to treatment paralysis and in performing ‘ black magic’.
SDO Gyan Singh mentioned that the arrested smugglers had shared some very important clues and energy was on to show the community of individuals concerned in sale and buy of untamed animals.
Singh mentioned {that a} case beneath Sections 2/9/39/51(1) of Wildlife Safety Act, 1972 and Part 41/42 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 had been registered towards the smugglers.