Major traders
Where are they?
Despite the severity of crime there is lack of information on the profiles of criminals involved and their network. The information on some of these smugglers is slowly coming to light
Sansar Chand
Has over 20 cases against him. Was involved in wiping out tigers from Sariska. Acquitted in three cases because the prosecution could not prove that the house from which skins were seized belonged to Chand. Other cases are at various stages of trial.
Mohd. Yakub
Yakub was associated with Sansar Chand and is one of the accused, along with Chand, in the biggest seizure of body parts of animals in Delhi in 1993. Charges against him are yet to be filed.
Shabbir Hussain Qureshi
Is an accused in the 2000 Khaga case, in which chargesheet is yet to be filed.He was arrested in 2007 with tiger bones and skins in his possession and is undergoing narco tests in Bangalore.
Tashi Tsering
Accused in the 1999 case involving seizure of 50 leopard skins, but escaped to Nepal. Is serving prison time in Nepal for another case.
Rati Ram Sharma
Also known as the Sansar Chand of eastern India, he is wanted in a number of cases in West Bengal and Assam. Facing trial in cases in Siliguri and Assam and has been convicted in a case in West Bengal in 2006.
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