<p class="title">A leopard skin was recovered from a house in Gondia district of Maharashtra and three persons were arrested in this connection, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The recovery was made on Tuesday, following which the trio was arrested, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Acting on a tip-off, officials of the crime branch raided a house of one Mangesh Badole in Bakti village in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil on Tuesday. During the search, the hide of a full-grown leopard was found packed in a plastic bag in a room," inspector Dinkar Thosare, in-charge of the local crime branch, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The skin measured 5.11 feet and its price in the international market runs into lakhs of rupees," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the recovery, police called in forest officials, who inspected the skin and confirmed its authenticity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After that, police arrested Badole and two others- Vinod Rukhmode and Ravindra Walde, both residents of Bhandara district, Thosare said, adding that the trio was later handed over to forest department for further action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case was registered against three accused and further investigation is on. </p>
<p class="title">A leopard skin was recovered from a house in Gondia district of Maharashtra and three persons were arrested in this connection, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The recovery was made on Tuesday, following which the trio was arrested, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Acting on a tip-off, officials of the crime branch raided a house of one Mangesh Badole in Bakti village in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil on Tuesday. During the search, the hide of a full-grown leopard was found packed in a plastic bag in a room," inspector Dinkar Thosare, in-charge of the local crime branch, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The skin measured 5.11 feet and its price in the international market runs into lakhs of rupees," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the recovery, police called in forest officials, who inspected the skin and confirmed its authenticity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After that, police arrested Badole and two others- Vinod Rukhmode and Ravindra Walde, both residents of Bhandara district, Thosare said, adding that the trio was later handed over to forest department for further action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case was registered against three accused and further investigation is on. </p>