Two arrested for attempting to sell monitor lizard in Kollegal

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BANGALORE, 27/02/2008: Six Monitor Lizards rescued from tribes from Bidadi, present  with the harmless  custody of wood  officials successful  Bangalore.
Photo:  K. Gopinathan   27/02/2008

BANGALORE, 27/02/2008: Six Monitor Lizards rescued from tribes from Bidadi, present with the harmless custody of wood officials successful Bangalore. Photo: K. Gopinathan 27/02/2008 | Photo Credit: GOPINATHAN K

The Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad has arrested 2 persons, who were illegally transporting a show lizard intended for merchantability adjacent the banks of the stream Cauvery astatine Sattegala manus station successful Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district.

Personnel from the CID Forest Mobile Squad, acting connected information, reached the riverbank adjacent Sattegala handpost astir 3.15 p.m. connected Wednesday and recovered 2 individuals attempting to merchantability a unrecorded show lizard kept wrong an robust cage, which was wrapped with a ligament mesh, according to a statement.

The officials instantly arrested the 2 persons, seized the carnal and registered a case. The arrested persons person been identified arsenic Sardar alias Mukhtar Pasha, 45, and Rafi, 44, some residents of Hunsur. 

The raid was conducted by Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad Police Sub-Inspector Avinash, on with unit Basavaraj, Swamy, Jameel, Latha, Ramachandra, Prabhakar, and Basavaraj nether the guidance of CID Forest Unit Inspector General of Police, Bengaluru, and Superintendent of Police of the Madikeri CID Forest Unit.

Published - June 04, 2026 08:53 p.m. IST

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