Baripada: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch today arrested one more person in connection with the seizure of a hide of a Royal Bengal Tiger near Bisipur Chowk on the Udala-Baripada road under Udala Forest Range on December 14.
The accused has been identified as Purna Chandra Majhi of Sasangabeda village.
Worth mentioning, the STF seized a hide of a Royal Bengal Tiger near Bisipur Chowk on the Udala-Baripada road under Udala Forest Range on December 14 while a deal to sell the hide was underway.
While the STF had managed to arrest one Debasish Patra from the spot, two others managed to flee the spot. On the next day, the STF arrested the prime accused Phagu Hansda. Today the STF arrested Purna Chandra Majhi of Sasanbeda village in connection with the same case.