Forest official recued Ten monitor lizards in South Tripura

Forest official recued Ten monitor lizards in South Tripura district, and a 21-year-old man was held for allegedly being involved in wildlife trafficking, a forest official said on Tuesday.

During a routine check along the Belonia-Sonamura road near Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in Belonia subdivision, a team of forest guards, with the help of BSF personnel, held the person, who was riding a scooter, on Monday, and seized the lizards from his



possession, he said.

The accused was going from Rajnagar to Belonia when his two-wheeler was intercepted, the official said.

“During the search, ten monitor lizards concealed in three sacks were recovered. All the monitor lizards were seized and the youth was arrested for carrying the endangered species, a scheduled I animal, according to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972,” Trishna sanctuary wildlife warden Bimal Das said.