Bird Trafficking Bust: 15 Hill Parrots Rescued, Smuggler Arrested in Howrah

• Uluberia Police and Wildlife Environment Savior Trust rescued 15 hill Alexandrine Parakeets from a residential house in Howrah.
• An inter-state bird trafficker, Anup Gayen, was arrested for illegally selling native birds under the guise of foreign birds.
• Police posed as buyers to raid Anup Gayen's home in Uluberia Bazar Para after receiving tips about open sales of native birds.
• Anup Gayen confessed to secretly bringing parrots and mynahs from Punjab and Jharkhand to sell in West Bengal markets.
• The 1972 Indian Wildlife Protection Act prohibits keeping or selling native birds; authorities are investigating further involvement.