Guwahati: As many as 84 reptiles of three different species were rescued from vehicles belonging to the forest department in Jorabat of Assam on Tuesday.
According to reports, the vehicles carrying the rescued reptiles were travelling from Imphal to Gujarat.
Notably, they obtained approval from Imphal’s Border Customs Department and Manipur’s Chief Forest Conservator.
The ability to transport the reptiles to Gujarat was granted to them.
The forest department is carefully inspecting the paperwork before releasing the animals.
The reptiles were taken by the forest department to the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati while the investigation is still underway.