(IN): Notorious Big Cat trader to be jailed.

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NOTORIOUS TIGER & LEOPARD TRADER CONVICTED

Katni, 11 November 2008

 

The Judicial Magistrate in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, Mr Ajay Singh, today

convicted notorious tiger and leopard trader Shabbir Hasan Qureshi of

Allahabad to three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000 on

two separate counts.

 

Qureshi and a second accused, Ashok Pardhi, were both absconders in a 2004

case where seven leopard skins were seized near Shadhol in Madhya Pradesh.

After Qureshis arrest in December 2007 in Allahabad with three tiger skins

and three tiger skeletons, his custody was procured by the Katni Forest

Department. His trial began on the 2004 case in January this year.

 

The case was fought by WPSI Advocate Manjula Srivastava on behalf of the

Katni Forest Department, with the active assistance of WPSI personnel.

Within ten months the case was concluded and the two accused, Qureshi and

Pardhi, were convicted on two separate counts under Sections 49b and 52 and

of The Wild Life (Protection) Act for Trade and Attempts and Abetments.

Qureshi and Pardhi received a sentence of three years rigorous imprisonment

on both counts (making a total of six years each), and a fine of Rs. 10,000

on each count.

 

We are absolutely delighted that this notorious big cat trader has been

convicted. Qureshi is believed to have traded in about 600 dead tigers, and

the outcome of the case in Katni is a great victory for Indias wildlife,

said Nitin Desai, WPSIs Director in Central India on hearing the news in

Katni.

 

Shabbir Hasan Qureshi, who is a resident of Allahabad, UP, is an accused in

a number of other wildlife cases including the major seizure in Khaga, UP,

in January 2000, of four tiger skins, 70 leopard skins and a huge haul of

other wildlife products. He is also the prime accused in the December 2007

seizure of three tiger skins and three tiger skeletons in Allahabad. Both

these cases have been handed over to the CBI.

 

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Belinda Wright, Executive Director

WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF INDIA (WPSI)

S-25, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India

Mob: +9198 111 90690

Email: belinda

Website: *www.wpsi-india.org* <http://www.wpsi-india.org/>

 

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:38 PM, AZAM SIDDIQUI <azam24x7 wrote:

 

> News recieved 21:50hrs IST.

> Source- Ms. Belinda Wright, Executive Director, WPSI.

>

> 'Notorious tiger & leopard skin trader, Shabbir Hasan Qureshi, was

> convicted today in Katni, Madhya Pradesh to 3yrs imprisonment.

>

> He is prime accused in Khaga, Jan'2000 & Allahabad, Dec'2007 cases

> involving 8 tiger skins & over 70 leopard skins.

> The Katni case was fought & won by WPSI's lawyer.'

>

 

 

 

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