Mumbai: Forest officials, accompanied by activists from PAWS-Mumbai, Amma Care Foundation, and OIPA, recently raided a Grant Road flat and seized two Indian star tortoises from Vinay Vaghela (57).

As the Indian Star Tortoise is a protected species under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Vaghela was booked under Sections 9, 39, 48, 49, and 51 of the Act.

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The Indian Star Tortoise is a protected species under Schedule 1 of The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The accused was produced before a local court, which sent him in forest custody for three days.