Dhenkanal: In a sensational raid, a school teacher in the district was held by the Forest department for allegedly slaughtering wild animals in the Kapilasa Wildlife Sanctuary for smuggling their hides and body parts, on Monday.
A massive cache of wildlife products, including two leopard skins, several elephant and wild boar tusks, deer antlers, skins, turtle shells and bear nails have been recovered following the arrest of Narendra Kumar Digi, who works as a teacher at Jamuanalia Upper Primary School in Sorisiapada area. Two of his associates, Anant Murmu and Laxman Murmu, have also been arrested. The trio will be produced in a court later during the day.
Describing Digi’s modus operandi, a forest official said, “Digi would teach at the school during the day. However, at night, he would slip into the tribal hamlets sprinkled in and around the Kapilasa Wildlife sanctuary and instigate gullible villagers to poach the wild for a few hundred rupees,” the official…