Police on Friday arrested eight individuals, together with two well being division officers and 5 police personnel, for the possession of a tiger pores and skin.
Officials imagine that the accused had procured the tiger pores and skin from some villagers and had introduced it to the temple for a particular “tantrik pooja” meant to supply prosperity and wealth, police stated.
Bastar division IG P Sundarraj, stated, “We had information that some people were coming to perform some ritual using a tiger skin at a local temple.The men were trapped near the temple in the early morning hours of Friday.”