Shimla : Police have arrested three men in Shimla district’s Chopal area for trying to smuggle out a skin of a leopard killed recently .
Media reports quoted a local police official saying that bags of three passing men was searched and they found the skin of the leopard .
Illegal hunting picks up every winter in snow covered Himachal Pradesh . This is also the time when wild animals like leopards move into villages and hamlets in search of food.
Baldev S Chauhan
In a 20 year career published widely. He has worked for the BBC, AFP, The Statesman, IANS and the Business Standard . Known for his hard hitting writing and occasional off-beat stories. He lives in Shimla.