Bhavnagar man held with ivory ornaments, powder

Rajkot: The local crime branch (LCB) of Bhavnagar police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old man in city’s Radhapuri bazaar with ivory ornaments and ivory powder. The accused was identified as Rajendra Maniyar. According to police, they got a tip-off that Maniyar was hiding ivory products n his shop. Based on the information the LCB team raided Maniyar’s shop and seized ivory ornaments weighing 6.8kg along with one kilogram of ivory powder. Cops arrested Maniyar and booked him under various sections under the Wildlife Protection Act and handed him over to the forest department. Maniyar said that the ivory ornaments and powder were lying in his shop for many years now and he was not involved in the sale or purchase of ivory. TNN