A snake rescuer was arrested by the Thane Forest Department – Territorial from Chembur for illegally keeping two star tortoises, one saw-scaled viper snake and a spider in his possession.

Range Forest Officer (RFO) Santosh Kank of Mumbai Range of Thane Forest Department (Territorial) and his team got a tip-off that the accused Amaan Abdul Sattar Khan had rescued snakes and kept them in his possession illegally without informing the forest department.