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Four persons, including the sons of two forest officials, have been arrested by the city crime branch on Monday for allegedly trying to sell a leopard skin. The police will be investigating

whether any forest official was part of the racket. Four persons, including the sons of two forest officials, have been arrested by the city crime branch on Monday for allegedly trying to

sell a leopard skin. The police will be investigating whether any forest official was part of the racket. The arrested persons have been identified as Prashant Patel, 26, Tushar Bagwe, 20,

both sons of forest officials, Anup Khaire, 23, and Abhishek Rane, 27. According to deputy commissioner of police, detection, Ambadas Pote, Kandivli unit of the crime branch received

information that a gang which kills animals and sells their skin is operating from Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli (E). “We arranged a dummy customer for the deal. As soon as they

arrived in a car at the spot at 1.45pm, they were caught by inspector Raghunath Dalvi and his team,” Pote said. A leopard skin was found in the car. _@DNA _