One held for possessing tiger skin

 Luxettipet: During regular vehicle checking, the police recovered tiger skin from Shyam Rao at Karimnagar junction in the town in the early hours of Wednesday.

The police said Shyam Rao is a resident of Tatinagaram village of Komaram Bheem district. When questioned by the police, Shyam said that he got the tiger skin from Vilas of Matadi village of Bejjur mandal. 

He along with his friend Raghu of Kothagudem, planned to sell the skin at a price at least Rs 5 lakhs and to share it between them.The police are on the lookout for Raghu and Vilas.