Archive · 9 Nov 2025
DRI Nabs Three with Leopard Skin and Head in Trophy Form in MP
The DRI, a special government agency, got a tip that some people had a leopard's skin and head, kept like a trophy.
They found these people in a hotel in Bhopal.
Since leopards are very special and protected animals, it's against the law to have or sell their skins.
The DRI caught the three people and gave them and the leopard trophy to the forest rangers.
This is part of the DRI's job to stop people from hurting and illegally trading endangered animals in India.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized a leopard skin with its head preserved as a trophy in Bhopal.
Three individuals were apprehended at a hotel in Bhopal in connection with the seizure.
Leopards are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, making possession and trade of their parts illegal.
The arrested individuals and the seized leopard trophy were handed over to the Forest Division, Bhopal.
This operation is part of the DRI's ongoing efforts to combat wildlife crime, with previous seizures of leopard skins and tiger parts.
- Who
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers and three individuals
- What
- Seized one leopard skin with head in trophy form
- When
- Information reported on Saturday, November 8
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Illegal possession and trade of protected wildlife parts, in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act.
Wildlife Protection Advocates
Wildlife Traffickers
Legality of Leopard Parts
Wildlife Protection Advocates
Leopards are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, making any trade, sale, purchase, or possession of their parts illegal and punishable.
Wildlife Traffickers
Engaging in the trade or possession of leopard skins and other body parts, despite legal prohibitions.
- Agency
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Nagpur Regional Unit
- Location of Arrest
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Items Seized
- One leopard skin with head (in trophy form)
- Legal Status
- Leopards listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, prohibiting trade, sale, purchase, or possession of their skins or parts.
- Action Taken
- Apprehended individuals and seized items handed over to the Forest Division, Bhopal, for further action under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
