Bhubaneswar, April 30 -- A team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) has seized at least 117 turtles while being illegally transported in train No-18477 Utkal Express in Bhubaneswar. RPF arrested three men and a woman in this connection and handed them over to Forest department in Mancheswar.

The arrested were identified as Ajay Mohana (43), Bimal Shit (37), Subashis Parida (25), and Sushma Barik (50), all four from West Midnapore district of neighboring West Bengal.

RPF was tip-off by a reliable source that the four accused were suspiciously carrying the seized turtles in the rear General Coach of Utkal Express. On arrival of the train at Bhubaneswar railway station, the RPF team conducted a raid leading to the arrests and seizure of the ...