Noida Police arrested a mother and daughter for smuggling turtles and recovered 14 turtles from them. A senior official gave this information on Thursday. The officer said that both are being produced in the court.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Ram Badan Singh said that on the basis of a secret information, the team of Phase-I police station has arrested Kamlesh and his daughter Jyoti from Sector-10, from whom 14 turtles were recovered.
He said, “During interrogation, the accused told that they used to catch turtles from Yamuna river in Mathura district and bring them to sell in the National Capital Region (NCR) and had earlier also sold turtles at many places in NCR.”
It is said that on the occasion of Diwali, people consider the tortoise auspicious and worship it. The police officer said that these people took advantage of this and smuggled the turtles and brought them to sell.
