Accused acquitted in biggest wildlife seizure case

In one of the biggest and widely discussed wildlife seizure case reported from India in 1993, the accused was acquitted by trial court on 29 May 2015. The case dated back to August and September 1993 in which a joint team of wildlife and police officials seized 8 tiger skins, around 400 kg tiger bones, 43 leopard skins, 3 clouded leopard skins, 128 otter skins and other wildlife articles in Delhi.

During the course of trial, accused Pema expired and accordingly proceedings against him were abated in July 2008 and accused Sansar Chand was discharged prior to his death on March 2010. The remaining one accused Mohammed Yakoob is now acquitted by court.

The court was critical on investigation officer and observed that act of him is not upto the mark. 

7 leopard skins seized in Punjab

Police and wildlife officials seized around seven leopard skins in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab on 12 February 2015.
http://m.jagran.com/punjab/hoshiarpur-12074400.html

Update:

In a joint operation conducted by the Officers of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Punjab Police, 11 Leopard skins, 95 kgs of Leopard bones, 9 Otter skins and a piece of tiger fat; were seized at Mukerian, Punjab.
http://www.wccb.gov.in/Content/NewsDetail.aspx?news_id=141

Nine otter skins seized in Himachal Pradesh

A joint team of Himachal Pradesh police and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau had seized 9 otter skins and arrested a member of an organized poaching group in Solan district on 31 May 2014.
http://www.shimla.amarujala.com/news/shimla-local/crime-bureau-sml/poacher-arrested-with-beaver-skins/

North Indian poachers arrested in North Bengal with leopard and otter skins

Three poachers from North India suspected to be members of organized poaching group were arrested by West Bengal forest officials in north Bengal on 4 April 2014 with the skins of leopard, otter and bones of leopard.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Environment/Flora-Fauna/Skins-of-leopard-otter-seized/articleshow/33250285.cms

Wildlife criminals convicted in Manas, Assam

Chief Judicial Magistrate of Barpeta had found guilty on eleven persons and sentenced them to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and Rs. 10,000 fine each u/s 51 (1) and similar sentence u/s 51 (1-A) of the Wildlife Protection Act, both sentences shall run concurrently. The case was registered by Manas tiger reserve officials in March 2009 in connection with the seizure of 4 kg of tiger bone, 3 leopard skins, 1 elephant tusk, 1 piece of rhino skin and body parts pangolin, sloth bear, otter, sambar, hog deer. Court found that these accused persons who are either hunters or traders of animals and animals articles, have in their greed plundered forests and killed millions of innocent animals causing many animals to extinct and threatening many others. Living creatures being dependent on each other and the survival of the human race also being dependent on them has caused great concern in our society to these rampant killings. As such, the perpetrators of such crime should not be dealt leniently.