Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) The Odisha Police's special task force (STF) have seized a leopard skin and arrested a wildlife criminal in Kandhamal district, officials said on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, the STF team, in association with Forest Department officials, kept vigil on the road near Kandhamal's Daberi village under Daringibadi police station last night and seized the leopard skin from a person, identified as Bipin Nayak, an official said.The accused has been handed over to the Daringibadi forest officials for necessary legal actions. So far, the STF have seized 27 leopard skins.
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