2 held with pangolin skull in Biratnagar

BHOJPUR: Two persons including a teenage boy were arrested with around half kg skull of pangolin from Biratnagar of Morang, near the Indo-Nepal border.

A team deployed from the Regional Investigation Team nabbed Shankar Mahato (32) from Biratnagar-7 and Niroj Neupane (16) from Khandbari-1 of Sankhuwasabha, police said.

The duo were returning to Nepal from Jogbani of India with skull of the protected animal, according to police.