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WCCB constitutes 4-member inquiry team

Bhubaneswar: The ministry of forest, environment and climate change on Wednesday constituted a 4-member inquiry team from wildlife crime control bureau (WCCB) to investigate international organized crime linkage in mysterious appearance of orangutan in Balasore district on Tuesday morning. The WCCB team will be led by Patil Suyog Subhashrao while the other three members in the team are Kishor Kumar Sharma, Koushik Mondal and Molay Das. “The team will look into the modus operandi, criminal network and linkages and any other known case of exotic species smuggling and provide assistance to the enforcement agencies,” the order read.Odisha chief wildlife warden Prem Kumar Jha also written to DGP (in-charge) Vinaytosh Mishra to assist foerst department in examining orangutan case, particular;y regarding source and ownership of the animal. The wildlife wing deputes a senior officer to be the liason between forest and police dept in this matter, officials said.



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