Tiger skin seized, 2 arrested

Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct 3 (UNI) Dudhwa National Park officials have arrested a father-son duo and seized an adult tiger skin from their possession.

Sources today said the accused -- identified as Roopram and his son Sushil -- were nabbed under Tikunia area yesterday.

They were arrested after forest officials approached them as decoy customers and proposed to buy the skin for Rs 75,000.

Later, the accused confessed that they had bought the skin for Rs 30,000 from Kilauli district of Nepal.

They were sent to jail yesterday.

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