117 kg nilgai meat, 40 guns seized during raid on ex-Army officer’s house

Meerut, April 30 : At least 117 kg nilgai meat, animal skin, ivory and 40 guns have been seized from the house of a retired Army officer here during a 17-hour-long joint raid conducted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the forest department.
A team of DRI officials reached the Civil Lines residence of Colonel (retd) Devindra Kumar yesterday in the afternoon and the raid continued till 3:30 am.
Kumar’s son Prashant Bishnoi is a national-level shooter.A DRI official said the raid was conducted in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Five skulls of deer, horns of sambar deer, antlers of antelopes and black bucks, animal skin and ivory were seized from a makeshift warehouse in Kumar’s residence.