USTR deputy director Varun Jain reported the arrests of Kishore Mahanand, Karat Chhatriya, and Lakhi Majhi in Dhugiamuda village with a leopard skin. A joint team led by PCCF Sudhir Agrawal, CCF Vishvesh Kumar Jha, and DFO Aziz Khan acted on a tip about the leopard skin sale. The accused were charged under the Forest Act and presented in Sinapali court.