Police arrested a 19-year-old man in possession of a leopard’s pelt from Aathbis Municipality-2 in Dailekh district on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police detained Nabin Dhamala, a resident of Turmakhand-8 in Achham district, with a piece of a leopard’s hide.

According to the police, Dhamala said he came to Dailekh to supply the pelt to another person. The investigation is underway, police said. (PR)