Guwahati, Dec 6: In an interesting incident, as many as 84 reptiles of three different species were temporarily seized from forest department vehicles in Assam's Jorabat on Tuesday.
According to sources, the vehicles carrying the reptiles were bound for Gujarat from Imphal. They were given permission to take the reptiles to Gujarat from Border Customs Department of Imphal and Chief Conservator of Forest of Manipur.
The animals were put under the custody of Forest Division (Kamrup) until the documents produced by the officials carrying the animals from Imphal were verified. Once the police verified the documents from the Centre, the reptiles were handed back to the authorities carrying the animals from Imphal and were subsequently sent on their way to Gujarat.
