Forest Dept nabs three for selling items made of Elephant tusk in Vadodara

Vadodara: The Forest Department on Tuesday raided two shops of the Chudgar family on MG Road and recovered 150 items such as bangles, bracelets, pendles, etc. items made of elephant tusk.

When questioned, Chudgars told the Forest Department that they purchased tusks from Manoj Ravjibhai Ugrejiya, a resident of Anklav village in Anand district. Subsequently, raids were conducted at Manoj’s house, but nothing objectionable was found there. Manoj has been into wholesale selling of bangles for the last twenty years.

The Forest Department has detained Pritesh Chudgar, Nilesh Chudgar, and Manoj Ugrejiya in this case. The raid on Chudgars’ shops was conducted based on tip-off. The shops are located opposite the Jain temple on MG Road. DeshGujarat