The CBI and DRI, with support from the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, have busted an interstate wildlife trafficking syndicate operating between Maharashtra and West Bengal. Six accused were arrested and 53 Schedule-I protected species, including Slow Lorises, Binturongs have been rescued

One of the prime accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal's Baruipur was killed in a police encounter during a crime scene reconstruction exercise.