7 August 2006

The Uttar Pradesh forest department seized 2 tiger skins and 1 kg tiger bone on 5 August 2006.

The skins, which were 10 feet and 11 feet long, were recovered near the Mala railway station in Pilibhit district, from a man of Bangladeshi origin. Two other men, also of Bangladeshi origin, managed to escape.

The Forest Department is carrying out investigations into the source of the skins and the whereabouts of the two absconders.