Rajapalayam (TN), May 7 (PTI) A racket in selling fake tiger skins has been busted with the arrest of one person by officials of forest range here. Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest officials arrested James for allegedly selling fake tiger skin and seized a counterfeit hide piece at Kumbakari in Theni district on Thursday, officials said. James was produced before a court which yesterday remanded him to 15 days judicial custody, police said. Rajapalayam Forest Ranger Sekar Kumar Neerok and Srivilluputthur Forest Warden Raj set a trap to nab the gang involved in fake tiger skin business and sent one Mariappan, as a broker, to approach James of Pudukottai near Periyakulam. James had quoted Rs.2.5 lakh for the skin and had taken an advance of Rs.50,000 from Mariappan with a promise to deliver the skin on Thursday. The forest officials followed Mariappan and arrested James when he was handing over the fake tiger hide to Mariappan. They found that it was fake tiger skin and nabbed James and and handed him over to police. PTI SSN
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