ROHTAK, Nov. 11 -- A youth was arrested with a leopard skin allegedly worth around Rs.1.5 crore during a joint raid by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and forest department teams in Hansi, the police said on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as Sonu Bawaria, a resident of Petwar village in the Narnaund sub-division. The wildlife department has estimated that the leopard was approximately three-and-a-half years old.

Sub-inspector Pradeep Kumar said that said police received a tip-off from an informer about a leopard skin being kept at the accused's house. The CIA team subsequently contacted the forest department, following which both teams conducted a joint raid at the premises.

During the search, the teams recovered the leo...