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Five turtles rescued, shop owner held
Five turtles rescued, shop owner held
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Pune: The Dattawadi police on Sunday arrested a pet shop owner and rescued five turtles from his shop located at Dattawadi.
The police have identified the suspect as Tushar Tarade (25) of Shastrinagar, Kothrud.
Tarade was produced before the magistrate court and was remanded to police custody till December 9.Acting on a tip-off, the police team, led by assistant police inspector Brahmanand Naikwadi raided the shop and arrested the suspect.
Naikwadi told TOI, “We have seized two turtles from his shop and remaining three from a godown. These turtles are covered under schedule I of Indian Wildlife protection. We have booked the suspect under sections 9 and 39 of the wildlife protection Act, 1972.”
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