A team led by ASI Naveen Chandra Jogi, on a tip off nabbed Puttaswami selling the pelt.
However, police is on a look out for Nandish and Rajesh, the duo who had sold the pelt to Puttaswami.
The case has been handed over to Agumbe police for further investigation.
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