<p>The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested two people, including a Dunzo delivery boy, for selling a two-headed snake for Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>The duo — identified as Mohammad Rizwan (26) and Azar Khan (27), both<br />residents of Gurappanapalya on Banneraghatta Road — were using the Dunzo delivery bag to transport the snake, also called the ‘double engine snake’.</p>.<p>Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said: “We have rescued the snake that belongs to the Boidae family, commonly called as Sand Boa. We have seized a scooter and three mobile phones from the arrested duo.”</p>.<p>The reptile is protected under Schedule-4 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Patil said. The snake is believed to have medicinal value.</p>.<p>Rizwan works as a delivery executive for Dunzo, while his friend Azar Khan<br />packed the snake in the delivery bag. The snake is in high demand and goes for nearly Rs 60 lakh in the international market.</p>.<p>After receiving information about the duo’s attempt to sell the snake, a team of CCB officials rushed to Basappa Garden near the Sarakki signal in JP Nagar and nabbed them on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p>“We will summon Dunzo officials to check how such things happened and what preventive measures they will take to plug any loopholes so that these things don’t happen again,” Patil said. A case under the Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against the duo based on a complaint filed by the Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kaggalipura.</p>
<p>The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested two people, including a Dunzo delivery boy, for selling a two-headed snake for Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>The duo — identified as Mohammad Rizwan (26) and Azar Khan (27), both<br />residents of Gurappanapalya on Banneraghatta Road — were using the Dunzo delivery bag to transport the snake, also called the ‘double engine snake’.</p>.<p>Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said: “We have rescued the snake that belongs to the Boidae family, commonly called as Sand Boa. We have seized a scooter and three mobile phones from the arrested duo.”</p>.<p>The reptile is protected under Schedule-4 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Patil said. The snake is believed to have medicinal value.</p>.<p>Rizwan works as a delivery executive for Dunzo, while his friend Azar Khan<br />packed the snake in the delivery bag. The snake is in high demand and goes for nearly Rs 60 lakh in the international market.</p>.<p>After receiving information about the duo’s attempt to sell the snake, a team of CCB officials rushed to Basappa Garden near the Sarakki signal in JP Nagar and nabbed them on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p>“We will summon Dunzo officials to check how such things happened and what preventive measures they will take to plug any loopholes so that these things don’t happen again,” Patil said. A case under the Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against the duo based on a complaint filed by the Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kaggalipura.</p>
