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Three women held with tortoise in Bihar

Updated on: 03 January,2016 04:27 PM IST  | 
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Railway police on Sunday arrested three women at the railway station in Sasaram, Bihar for allegedly smuggling several tortoises to West Bengal

Three women held with tortoise in Bihar

Sasaram (Bihar): Railway police on Sunday arrested three women at the railway station in Sasaram, Bihar for allegedly smuggling several tortoises to West Bengal.

During a search in the Sealdah Express, RPF personnel recovered the tortoises contained in seven bags and arrested the accused women, an official of the Railway Protection Force said.

The women, hailing from Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, were carrying the tortoises for delivery to a client at Asansol in West Bengal, the official said.

The tortoises would be handed over to the forest department, the official added.




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