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Bengal railway staff rescue over 1000 turtles from smugglers
Kolkata: Railway staff has rescued over 1000
turtles from smugglers at the Howrah Railway station. It has handed over the turtles
to the forest department. The live turtles were kept inside a parcel box. Their
movement attracted the notice of the railway police. "It is a banned item and
no one can book it. There was heavy rain last night and the box was torn and because
of that the tortoises were coming out. We have taken necessary steps. The forest
department has been informed. They will come and take them," said Somnath Chatterjee,
a senior railway police officer.
-May
16, 2009 Go
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