MYSORE: Police arrested a youth in possession of tiger pelts and a tusk in the city on Friday. But they have a real task on hand: to confirm if pelts and tusk are genuine.
While Aadil Pasha, 20, of Kalyanagirinagara is booked under the Wildlife Protection Act, police are awaiting confirmation from experts on the recovered products. He is remanded to judicial custody. Pasha was caught when he was trying to dispose of four tiger pelts and a tusk at Sunni Chowk.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that Pasha, a security agency employee, procured it from a person in Shimoga for Rs 15,000 two weeks ago. But he didn't reveal the identity of that person.
DCP (L&O) Basavaraj Malagatti told reporters that he suspects if it is the real tiger skin. "Miscreants could have painted tiger stripes on cattle skin and sold it to Pasha who wanted to make quick bucks," he said.
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