Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the State Crime Branch on Saturday seized two elephant tusks from a person in Karanjia. The person, identified as Ramakant Pradhan is a native of Kalanda village in Parajangpur under Keonjhar police limits, is suspected to be a poacher or a trader, the STF said.
The STF sleuths carried out a raid at a spot between Patung and Kalanda villages in Keonjhar Sadar on Saturday night. During the raid, Pradhan was detained and the elephant tusks were recovered from his possession. The tusks weighed 5.662 kg. Other incriminating materials were also recovered from his possession.
Since, Pradhan could not produce any authority in support of possession of Elephant Tusks, those were seized and he was arrested. DFO, Karanjia is conducting further inquiry in this matter, the STF added.
