Overview

• Yagya Dutt, 38, was detained on July 16 during a joint raid by the Haryana Forest Department, Haryana Police, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Wildlife Trust of India for selling banned wildlife derivatives.
• Enforcement teams recovered three dried monitor lizard genitalia and five soft coral specimens from his Sector 8 astrology office, all protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
• Investigators seized Dutt’s cellphone and digital records to trace suppliers and buyers in an ongoing probe into the trafficking chain.
• A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, with potential penalties of three to seven years in prison and a fine upon conviction.
• Independent observers noted price tags, packaging and online sales records that indicated a profit-driven scheme disguised as spiritual remedies.