Delhi court convicts Shahtoosh shawl trader after 17-year probe in wildlife crime case

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New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted a Jaipur-based art gallery owner for illegally attempting to export Shahtoosh wool shawls, made of critically endangered Tibetan Antelope underfur, and handed him a maximum prison terms of three years.

This is the first time that a wildlife offence has been prosecuted through the CBI.

Chief Judicial Magistrate T Priyadarshini at the Rouse Avenue District Court pronounced the verdict on March 12 against Syed Shahid Ahmed Kashani, after a 17-year-long protracted legal battle.

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